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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY COMMANDER

NAVAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY COMMAND 1100 BALCH BOULEVARD

STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS 39529-5005

COMNAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.1M

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COMNAVMETOCCOM INSTRUCTION 3140.1M

From: Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

Subj: U.S. NAVY METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SUPPORT MANUAL

Encl: (1) U.S. Navy Meteorological and Oceanographic Support

Manual

1. Purpose. To promulgate a revised edition of the subject

manual. This instruction contains extensive revisions and

should be reviewed in its entirety.

2. Cancellation. COMNAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.1L

3. Discussion. The purpose of this manual is to describe the

environmental services and support available to all operational

Fleet and Joint activities from the Naval Meteorology and

Oceanography Command. Additionally, this manual consolidates

environmental product information, and serves as a ready reference

for requesting and obtaining environmental support.

4. Action. Commands, offices, and activities should review

this manual and implement as required. Recommendations for

improvements and/or corrections are solicited.

JONATHAN W. WHITE

Distribution:

Electronically via the Naval Oceanography Administrative Portal

https://www.portal.navy.mil/cnmoc/default.aspx

and via the Naval Enterprise Portal Oceanography at

https://nepoc.oceanography.navy.mil/catalog/index.html

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Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529-5005

UNITED STATES NAVY

METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC

SUPPORT MANUAL

AUGUST 2011

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

IDENTIFICATION TITLE PAGE

CHAPTER 1 NAVAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

COMMAND MISSION.............................. 1-1

1. General Mission.............................. 1-1

2. Organization................................. 1-1

3. Battlespace on Demand (BonD)................. 1-5

CHAPTER 2 NAVY ENTERPRISE PORTAL - OCEANOGRAPHY........ 2-1

1. General...................................... 2-1

2. Products and Services........................ 2-1

3. Points of Contact............................ 2-2

CHAPTER 3 MARITIME SUPPORT............................. 3-1

1. General...................................... 3-1

3. Product Requests/Dissemination............... 3-3

CHAPTER 4 TROPICAL CYCLONE SUPPORT..................... 4-1

1. General...................................... 4-1

CHAPTER 5 FLEET OPERATIONS SUPPORT..................... 5-1

1. General...................................... 5-1

CHAPTER 6 AVIATION SUPPORT............................. 6-1

1. General...................................... 6-1

CHAPTER 7 RESOURCE PROTECTION SUPPORT.................. 7-1

1. General...................................... 7-1

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CHAPTER 8 TSUNAMI SUPPORT.............................. 8-1

1. General...................................... 8-1

CHAPTER 9 PRECISE TIME AND ASTROMETRY SUPPORT.......... 9-1

1. General...................................... 9-1

CHAPTER 10 NAVIGATION DATA AND PRODUCTION.............. 10-1

1. General..................................... 10-1

2. Products and Services....................... 10-1

3. Product Requests/Dissemination.............. 10-2

4. Points of Contact........................... 10-3

CHAPTER 11 OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEY OPERATIONS............. 11-1

1. General..................................... 11-1

2. Oceanographic, Hydrographic and Bathymetric (OHB)

Survey Requirements......................... 11-2

CHAPTER 12 INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE

SUPPORT..................................... 12-1

1. General..................................... 12-1

CHAPTER 13 EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SUPPORT............... 13-1

1. General..................................... 13-1

CHAPTER 14 ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE SUPPORT.............. 14-1

1. General..................................... 14-1

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CHAPTER 15 MINE WARFARE SUPPORT........................ 15-1

1. General..................................... 15-1

CHAPTER 16 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SUPPORT.......... 16-1

1. General..................................... 16-1

CHAPTER 17 TRAINING AND READINESS...................... 17-1

1. General..................................... 17-1

3. Quota/Product Requests...................... 17-4

APPENDICES

Appendix A Acronym List................................. A-1

Appendix B List Of Effective NAVMETOCCOM Instructor-Led and

Correspondence Courses........................B-1

Appendix C Enterprise IT Services........................C-1

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CHAPTER 1

NAVAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY COMMAND MISSION

1. General Mission. The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography

Command provides Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC),

Bathymetry and Hydrography (Bathy/Hydro), Precise Time and

Astrometry (PTA), products and services that enable effective

decision-making for operational safety, warfighting success by

Naval and Joint forces, and security cooperation.

2. Organization

a. The Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography

Command (COMNAVMETOCCOM), both the Type Commander and

operational arm of the Naval Oceanography Program, is an Echelon

III command reporting to the Commander, United States Fleet

Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM). COMNAVMETOCCOM is located at

Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.

(1) The Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations

(COMNAVMETOCCOM N3) is charged with the responsibility of

maintaining operational oversight of all Naval Meteorology and

Oceanography (NAVMETOCCOM) Echelon IV and subordinate activities.

The COMNAVMETOCCOM Oceanography Operational Watch (COOW) assists

N3 in providing the Commander with 24/7 global situational

awareness on environment-based conditions which bears upon the

safety and operability of Naval personnel, facilities, and

equipment through daily briefs and reports.

(2) COMNAVMETOCCOM meets the needs of today’s Combatant

Commanders and Components, Naval and Joint Force warfighters

through warfare directorates primarily aligned under four major

Directors of Oceanography Operations (DOO):

(a) Undersea Warfare

1 Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW)

2 Mine Warfare (MIW)

(b) Expeditionary Warfare

1 Naval Special Warfare (NSW)

2 Expeditionary Warfare (EXW)

3 United States Marine Corps

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(c) Weather Services

1 Fleet Operations (FltOps)

2 Aviation Weather Operations (AVN)

3 Maritime Weather Operations (MAR)

(d) Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

1 Navigation (NAV)

2 Precise Time and Astrometry (PTA)

(3) All directorates are aligned to support Naval

Oceanography Operations Command (NAVOCEANOPSCOM).

NAVOCEANOPSCOM is the service delivery portion of NAVMETOCCOM,

providing tailored products and services in direct support to

Navy and Joint force decision makers, staffs, and operators.

Three production centers provide the directorates with product

generation and in-depth technical expertise. The production

centers include Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography

Center (FLENUMMETOCCEN) in Monterey, CA. providing atmospheric

production, the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) in

Stennis Space Center, MS., providing oceanographic production

and, the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNAVOBSY) in Washington, D.C.,

for precise time and astrometric production. The Naval

Meteorology and Oceanography Professional Development Center is

the training activity supporting NAVMETOCCOM.

Figure 1: Echelon II to Echelon IV Organizational Structure

US Fleet Forces Command

(O-10)

Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography

Command

Naval Oceanographic

Office

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography

Center

Naval Oceanography

Operations Command

United States Naval

Observatory

Naval METOC Professional Development

Center

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b. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). NAVOCEANO’s

core competencies include the disciplines of hydrography,

bathymetry, geophysics, acoustics, physical oceanography, and

geospatial intelligence. NAVOCEANO acquires and analyzes global

ocean and littoral data to provide specialized, timely, and

operationally relevant products and services for Department of

Defense warfighters as well as other civilian, national and

international customers. Utilizing space-based, airborne,

surface, and subsurface platforms, as well as state-of-the-art

computing and modeling techniques, NAVOCEANO synthesizes this

data into products and services tailored to the individual

warfighter’s needs. These products and services support

virtually every type of Fleet operation, providing mission-

essential environmental information to the warfighter.

NAVOCEANO is the parent command of the Naval Ice Center and the

Fleet Survey Team.

c. Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

(FLENUMMETOCCEN). FLENUMMETOCCEN maintains core expertise in

meteorology, oceanography and information technology to provide

the necessary foundation for on demand support to Naval, Joint,

Coalition, and National missions. FLENUMMETOCCEN leverages this

expertise to host a suite of ―state of the art‖ meteorological

and oceanographic models and decision aids to provide scheduled

and on demand products specific to Fleet and Joint Operations.

FLENUMMETOCCEN and the National Center for Environmental

Prediction (NCEP) are the only dedicated numerical prediction

production centers (i.e., run models to produce global METOC

forecasts) in the United States.

d. Naval Oceanography Operations Command (NAVOCEANOPSCOM).

NAVOCEANOPSCOM is NAVMETOCCOM’s operational Echelon IV Command

responsible to support safe operations, enhance dominance of the

battlespace, and optimize warfighting resources and readiness to

naval and joint forces through superior understanding and

exploitation or mitigation of the physical environment.

NAVOCEANOPSCOM provides the warfighter tailored METOC, GI&S,

Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy products and services through

seven warfighter specific commands.

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Figure 2 NAVOCEANOPSCOM (Ech IV) Subordinate Commands (Ech V)

e. Directors of Oceanographic Operations (DOOs). Directors

of Oceanographic Operations are assigned to the NAVOCEANOPSCOM

staff and assigned additional duty to the COMNAVMETOCCOM staff.

These DOOs collect both operational and research and development

(R&D) requirements from the fleet and the Oceanography Echelon V

commands, then coordinate with the COMNAVMETOCCOM staff and

acquisition activities to ensure that those requirements are

documented, solutions funded, and capabilities developed to

provide the Oceanography commands with the capabilities needed

to meet those requirements. The DOOs also collaborate with the

U.S. Navy warfare centers of excellence to ensure the latest

environmental support capabilities are reflected in appropriate

Navy doctrine. They also keep abreast of evolving doctrine to

ensure that necessary environmental support capabilities are

implemented to support that doctrine.

f. United States Naval Observatory (USNAVOBSY). USNAVOBSY

provides a wide range of critical astronomical data and timing

products. The products are available as hardcopy publications

such as the Nautical Almanac, stand-alone computer applications,

and data services accessible via the Internet. The USNAVOBSY

Master Clock serves as the country’s official time keeper, and

USNAVOBSY is the sole provider of Precise Time and Time Interval

(PTTI) for all DoD services. Although GPS is the primary method

of UTC time transfer for the majority of DoD users, the most

demanding time transfer requirements can be met through two-way

satellite time transfer. Additionally, USNAVOBSY is responsible

for establishing, maintaining, and coordinating the astronomical

reference frame(s) for celestial navigation and orientation of

space systems. USNAVOBSY is responsible for Earth orientation

parameters (EOP) predictions for all DoD services, agencies, and

contractors, as well as the international community. Earth

orientation parameters link the terrestrial reference system,

WGS-84, to the celestial reference frame, and are essential to

Naval OceanographyOperations Command

Fleet Weather Center

Norfolk

Fleet Weather Center

San Diego

Naval Maritime Forecast Center/Joint

Typhoon Warning Center

Pearl Harbor

Naval Oceanography

ASW Center

Stennis Space Center

Naval Oceanography ASW Center

Yokosuka

Naval Oceanography NSW Center

Naval Oceanography MIW Center

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determine spacecraft orbital information and geolocation of data

and imagery derived from space systems. USNAVOBSY is the only

organization making EOP predictions operationally.

g. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional

Development Center (NAVMETOCPRODEVCEN). The Professional

Development Center (PDC) conducts training for active and

reserve Naval Oceanographers and Aerographer’s Mates (AG) in

meteorology, oceanography, mapping, charting, and geospatial

information and services. In addition, the PDC provides

technical guidance and METOC training materials to ensure

development and technical accuracy of METOC portions of the

warfare pipeline training.

3. Battlespace on Demand (BonD) Concept. The Battlespace on

Demand (BonD) operational concept fully embraces the guiding

principles outlined in The U.S. Navy’s Vision for Information

Dominance and supports the vision set forth in the Naval Operations

Concept 2010 and A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower.

It supports the long-range Naval Oceanography strategy for linking

environmental data to timely and informed decisions — a key aspect

of decision superiority. It focuses on the acquisition of

environmental data, transformation of the data and fusion with

other data sources into information and knowledge, and providing

knowledge to future Naval forces during the 2011-2020 timeframe.

It describes how the acquisition and analysis of environmental data

and information from Navy, joint, interagency, and international

sources allows for an accurate understanding of complex operational

environments. It also identifies required capabilities for the

further examination of potential Naval Oceanography doctrine,

organization, training, materiel, leadership and education,

personnel, and facilities (DOTMLPF) solutions.

a. Developing knowledge of the current and future physical

environment is essential to a knowledge-based, net-enabled Fleet

capable of situational understanding and decision superiority.

BonD is the Naval Oceanography execution strategy for optimizing

the U.S. Navy’s sea power by providing tailored decision-support

products that enable warfighters to exploit the physical

environment to their tactical, operational and strategic

advantage. This strategy for delivering BonD is depicted in the

four-tiered, environment face of pyramid in Figure 3.

(1) The Data Layer. Tier 0 consists of data collected

while observing the atmosphere and the ocean using a vast range

of in-situ sensors and remote sensors, including satellites,

altimeters, gliders, buoys, and master clocks. This data is

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assimilated and fused to provide initial and boundary conditions

that accurately describe the current ocean and atmosphere

environment, as well as the celestial and temporal reference

frames. The output is a collection of raw observation data on

the state of the physical environment.

(2) The Environment Layer. In Tier 1, the Tier 0 data

are analyzed, processed, and merged into databases and/or

prediction systems or numerical models operated on High

Performance Computing (HPC) systems to forecast the future state

of the environment. The output is a set of predictions, in

space and time, of the expected physical environment for

whatever operation is under consideration. The output can also

contain a 'confidence factor'.

(3) The Performance Layer. In Tier 2, the predicted

environment is used in conjunction with information about the

operational environment to predict how forces, sensors, weapons

systems, and platforms will perform over time in a given

operational situation. This information is analyzed to provide

meaning with respect to implications for the operation, such as

influences on planning, force structure, targeting, timing,

maneuver, tactics, techniques and procedures. The output of

this fusion of information about the predicted environment and

the friendly and enemy situation is an impact assessment in

terms the operator understands, again with a confidence factor

if appropriate. Situational awareness is the desired outcome at

this level.

(4) The Decision Layer. In Tier 3, the situational

awareness gained in Tier 2 is applied to specific situations to

quantify risk and opportunity at strategic, operational, and

tactical levels. Here, actionable recommendations are made to

the decision-maker regarding force allocation and employment

that directly enhance safety and warfighting effectiveness. In

Tier 3, the performance predictions made in Tier 2 are

considered with alternative scenarios to develop optimal

solutions, i.e., courses of action (COAs), and to understand

probabilities of success and elements of risk. The intent is to

make recommendations that take maximum advantage of asymmetric opportunities in the changing physical environment, to provide

the most advantage to our forces, and the most disadvantages to

the enemy. The output is a decision recommendation with compelling rationale, based on our best understanding of the

physical environment. The decision-maker combines knowledge of

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the present and future situation with their judgment into

situational understanding to facilitate superior decision-making.

Figure 3: The BonD Pyramid

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CHAPTER 2

NAVY ENTERPRISE PORTAL - Oceanography

1. General. The Navy Enterprise Portal – Oceanography (NEP-Oc)

has been created as the Naval Oceanography mission extension to

the Navy Enterprise Portal. NEP-Oc will serve as a single

access point for all METOC web-accessible information on the

NIPRNet and SIPRNet.

a. The NEP-Oc will have the characteristics and

capabilities of multiple web sites, including the following

types of traditional web sites:

(1) Product/service site: providing information about,

and access to, METOC web products/services.

(2) Portal site: supporting the visual/interactive

aggregation of products/services from multiple METOC and

external partner provider sites and supporting user

personalization of the interface.

(3) Web application site: hosting key enterprise

applications (e.g. Enterprise Catalog, Managers Console, Mission

Console, etc.) and that launches independent provider site web-

accessible applications.

(4) Collaboration site: where users can publish back

into the site and have interactions with multiple distributed

users, about multiple distributed products.

2. Products and Services

a. If a required product is not available on the NEP-Oc,

submit a Request for Support (RFS) or Request for Information

(RFI) to the appropriate NAVMETOCCOM activity, if known. If not

known, then submit the RFS or RFI to the COMNAVMETOCCOM Product

Support Coordinator (PSC), the COMNAVMETOCCOM Operational

Oceanography Watch (COOW). The COOW will route the request to

the appropriate NAVMETOCCOM activity for action. The COOW will

also assist customers with contacting the appropriate

operational support center, production center, or subject matter

experts for additional assistance as required.

b. Special support and exercise web pages may be requested.

The COOW will create the page and have the necessary NAVMETOCCOM

activities populate the pages.

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c. The uniform resource locator (URL) for the NEP-Oc and

other pertinent web-sites are:

(1) NIPRNet - https://nepoc.oceanography.navy.mil/

(2) SIPRNet - http://nepoc.oceanography.navy.smil.mil

(3) Public Facing Portal - http://www.usno.navy.mil

(4) Navy Flight Weather Briefer –

https://fwb.metoc.navy.mil

(5) Administrative –

https://www.portal.navy.mil/cnmoc/default.aspx

(6) Public Affairs - http://www.navmetoccom.navy.mil

(7) Intellipedia -

https://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Naval_Meteorology_and_Oceanography

_Command

3. Points of Contact

a. Products/Special Support Pages – COMNAVMETOCCOM

Operational Oceanography Watch

(1) Phone

COM: (228) 688-4019

DSN: 828-4019

Cell: (228) 342-1449

(2) E-mail

NIPR: coow.fct@navy.mil

SIPR: COOW_SIPR.fct@navy.smil.mil

b. Technical Support – METOC Systems Knowledge Center

(1) Phone

COM: (619) 524-3888

DSN: 524-3888

(2) E-mail

NIPR: metoc@spawar.navy.mil

SIPR: metoc@metoc.spawar.navy.smil.mil

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CHAPTER 3

MARITIME SUPPORT

1. General. The mission of METOC maritime support is to enable

fleet safety and readiness through accurate and timely weather

forecasts, warnings and recommendations. This support is

provided by the Fleet Weather Center (FWC), Norfolk and Fleet

Weather Center, San Diego. The typhoon warning functions of the

Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) Pearl Harbor are discussed

in Chapter Four. FWC Norfolk supports operations in the C2F,

C4F, C6F AORs, and Arctic Fleet Operations. FWC San Diego

supports operations in the C3F, C5F, and C7F AORs.

a. Optimum Track Ship Routing (OTSR). A weather advisory

service for safety and damage avoidance, spanning long-range

planning to enroute surveillance. The primary method of

dissemination is via message traffic; E-mail is also available

for units without message capabilities. Daily messages will not

be sent when conditions are forecast to be less than ship’s

limits.

(1) OTSR Route Surveillance Message. Issued upon

receipt of MOVREP requesting service, it confirms OTSR

surveillance will be provided.

(2) OTSR Weather Advisory. Issued when conditions are

forecast to approach/meet wind or seas limits as determined by

supported unit.

(3) OTSR Divert Recommendation. Issued when conditions

are forecast to exceed wind or seas limits as determined by

supported unit.

(4) OTSR Route Recommendation. Planning route issued

upon request that considers ship’s limits, operational

constraints, currents, icebergs, time/fuel savings. Planning

routes must be requested 72 hours before getting underway.

(5) Special Weather Advisory (FWC, Norfolk). Issued for

prolonged periods of heavy weather in high-traffic areas of the

AOR, 72+ hours in advance.

b. Enroute Weather Forecast (WEAX). A tailored weather and

sea state forecast along a unit’s Points of Intended Movement

(PIM), MODLOC, or OCONUS port. Requested via the ship’s MOVREP,

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the WEAX is produced once daily (twice daily for special

circumstances or upon request). Disseminated via message

traffic or E-mail, the WEAX includes a 24-hour forecast and 48-

hour winds/seas outlook.

(1) Aviation Enroute Weather Forecast (AVWEAX). WEAX

including the aviation parameters of ceilings, turbulence, icing,

flight-level winds, and divert field terminal aerodrome forecast

(TAF).

(2) Graphical Enroute Weather Forecast (GWEAX).

Includes the same data as text product, but in an easy-to-

read/easy-to-brief graphical format. This graphical product can

also include aviation parameters. The graphic includes model

data with ship track overlaid for 24 and 48-hours. Disseminated

as a .jpg via E-mail, the approximate file size is 150 kb.

c. Submarine WEAX (SUBWEAX). A tailored weather and sea

state forecast at various classification levels for U.S. and

allied submarines. U.S. submarines utilize OPAREA forecasts

exclusively and switch to SUBWEAX support upon departing local

OPAREAs. SUBWEAX is produced by FLENUMMETOCCEN. Requested via

SUBNOTE, the SUBWEAX is produced once daily for submarines in a

favorable status. Submarines in a marginal or unfavorable

status are provided twice daily forecasts. Disseminated via

message traffic or email, the SUBWEAX includes a 24-hour

forecast and 48-hour winds/seas outlook.

d. High Winds and Seas Warnings. Depicts areas of

forecasted winds > 35 kts and seas > 12 ft twice daily (00Z and

12Z). The text warning and graphical product are posted to the

NEP-Oc and an overlay is transmitted on GCCS-M.

e. OPAREA Forecasts. Produced once a day for major

operating areas, the forecasts are transmitted via message

traffic and posted to the NEP-Oc. The product includes a 24-

hour forecast and 48-hour outlook.

f. Arctic Support

(1) Standard WEAX support provided.

(2) FWC, Norfolk will coordinate daily with Naval Ice

Center for dissemination of appropriate ice analysis and

forecasts.

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g. Google Earth Products. Downloadable via SIPRNet NEP-Oc,

RSS subscription, Google Globe Base Layer, GeoServer. Visit the

SIPRNet NEP-Oc to see the latest products available.

h. Miscellaneous Products (Atlantic only)

(1) Forecast Charts. Depict satellite image, high and

low pressure systems, fronts, and high winds and seas areas.

The analysis, 36-hour forecast and 72-hour forecast are produced

twice daily (00Z and 12Z) and posted to the NEP-Oc.

(2) Submarine Homeport Forecast Atlantic. Provides a

24-hour and 48-hour forecast (winds, seas, visibility, and

temperature) for CONUS submarine ports. The forecast is sourced

from the National Weather Service with impact assessments

provided by FWC Norfolk.

(3) Sea Height Analysis. Produced twice daily (00Z and

12Z) for North Atlantic, East Atlantic, GOMEX/Caribbean and

posted to the NEP-Oc.

i. Miscellaneous Products (Pacific only)

(1) Submarine Port Forecast for Pacific – CONUS:

provides a 24-hour and 48-hour forecast (winds, seas, visibility,

and temperature) for CONUS submarine ports. The forecast is

sourced from the National Weather Service with impact

assessments provided by FWC San Diego.

(2) Submarine Port Forecast for Pacific – OCONUS:

provides a 24-hour and 48-hour forecast (winds, seas, visibility,

and temperature) for OCONUS submarine ports. The forecast is

sourced from the National Weather Service with impact

assessments provided by FWC San Diego.

(3) Pacific Area Forecast. Provides a broad area

forecast of 24-hour and 48-hour significant wave heights and

wind strengths. The product is produced by FLENUMMETOCCEN.

3. Product Requests/Dissemination

a. Product Request

(1) OTSR and WEAX: requested via MOVREP

(a) Include FLEWEACEN NORFOLK VA, FLEWEACEN SAN

DIEGO CA and FLENUMMETOCCEN DATA as INFO ADDEES in MOVREP.

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(b) Place flag words ―OTSR‖ and/or ―WEAX‖ in first

line of MOVREP Ex: PPP MOVREP XXX, WEAX/OTSR/01//.

(c) Include head/beam/following sea limits, wind

limits, and point of contact information in Remarks.

(d) If requesting GWEAX, include email addresses for

distribution.

(e) OTSR request does not automatically include WEAX

services.

(f) Units not using MOVREPS can request via NEP-Oc

or contact CDO directly to request services.

(2) OTSR Route Request: Requested via message, email, or

NEP-Oc

(a) Include FLEWEACEN NORFOLK VA and FLEWEACEN SAN

DIEGO CA as INFO ADDEES in request.

(b) Requires 72 hours lead time

(c) Include POC, ETD/ETA, limits, constraints,

special operations

(3) SUBWEAX: requested via SUBNOTE for boats operating

outside local OPAREA forecast coverage.

(a) A request line is inserted in the SUBNOTE by the

SUBOPAUTH with operational authority. FLENUMMETOCCEN is copied

on all SUBNOTES.

(b) Message is sent to the designated SUBOPAUTH, who

then provides the forecast via the submarine broadcast.

(c) SUBWEAX does not include OTSR divert

recommendations.

(d) Favorability notices are not provided to foreign

submarines.

(4) Special Support Request: Contact CDO

b. Navy Enterprise Portal – Oceanography (NEP-Oc)

(1) NIPRNet - https://nepoc.oceanography.navy.mil/

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(2) SIPRNet - http://nepoc.oceanography.navy.smil.mil

(3) Public Facing Portal - http://www.usno.navy.mil

a. Fleet Weather Center, Norfolk, VA

(1) PLA: FLEWEACEN NORFOLK VA

(2) Command Duty Officer

(a) E-mail

NIPR: CDO.FWC.NRFK.FCT@NAVY.MIL

SIPR: CDO.NMFA_N.001.FCT@NAVY.SMIL.MIL

(b) Phone

COM: (757) 444-7750

DSN: (312) 564-7750

(3) Ship Routing Officer

(a) E-mail

NIPR: SRO.FWC.NRFK.FCT@NAVY.MIL

SIPR: SRO.NMFA_N.001.FCT@NAVY.SMIL.MIL

(b) Phone

COM: (757) 444-4044

DSN: (312) 564-4044

b. Fleet Weather Center San Diego

(1) PLA: FLEWEACEN SAN DIEGO CA

(a) E-mail

NIPR: fwcsd-cdo.fct@navy.mil

SIPR: fwcsd-cdo.fct@navy.smil.mil

(b) Phone

COM: (619) 767-1271

DSN: (312) 577-1271

(3) Ship Routing Officer

(a) E-mail

NIPR: fwcsd-sro.fct@navy.mil

SIPR: fwcsd-sro.fct@navy.smil.mil

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(b) Phone

COM: (619) 545-2193

DSN: (312) 735-2193

d. Fleet Numerical METOC Center

(1) PLA: FLENUMMETOCCEN MONTEREY CA

(a) E-mail

NIPR: fnmoc.cdo@navy.mil

SIPR: cdo@fnmoc.navy.smil.mil

(b) Phone

COM: (831) 656-4325

DSN: (312) 878-4325

5. Governing Instructions

NAVMETOCINST 3140.4D Atmospheric Turbulence and Icing

Criteria

NAVMETOCINST 3140.14F Flight Weather Briefing Manual

NAVMETOCINST 3141.2A Surface Weather Observation Procedures

NAVMETOCINST 3142.1A Procedures Governing Pilot Weather

Reports (PIREPS)

NAVMETOCINST 3143.1G Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) Code

OPNAVNIST 3710.7U Naval Air Training and Operating

Procedures Standardization (NATOPS)

General Flight and Operating

Instructions

OPNAVINST 3140.24F Warnings and Conditions of Readiness

Concerning Hazardous or Destructive

Weather Phenomena

CNATRAINST 3140.4Q Aircraft Hurricane Evacuation (HUREVAC)

CNATRAINST 3710.8J Restriction of Flight into, through, or

within CNATRA Aviation Weather Warnings

(CAWW)

ATP 17C Naval Arctic Manual

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CHAPTER 4

TROPICAL CYCLONE SUPPORT

1. General. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) is

responsible for providing tropical cyclone support to all DoD

assets in the USPACOM AOR. JTWC will re-host forecasts issued

by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) for the Central

North Pacific and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for the

Eastern North Pacific. Fleet Weather Center, Norfolk is

responsible for providing tropical support to U.S. Navy assets

in the Atlantic Ocean, re-hosting forecasts from the NHC.

a. Tropical Cyclone Products (Pacific and Indian Oceans)

(1) Tropical Cyclone (TC) Warning. Will include

development level; storm ID information; current warning number;

position of the low level center; movement over the last six

hours; speed of maximum sustained winds; radius of 34, 50 and 64

knot surface winds; 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hour

forecast positions (unless dissipation or extratropical

transition is expected earlier); intensities and forecast wind

radii; and a remarks section. JTWC forecasts are for conditions

over the ocean. DoD and other U.S. government meteorologists

will use JTWC warnings as guidance to forecast local weather

conditions (wind, precipitation, storm surge, etc.).

(a) Western North Pacific Ocean. Will be issued when

maximum sustained surface winds are assessed to be 25 knots or

greater. Warnings will be issued every six hours not later than

03Z, 09Z, 15Z, and 21Z.

(b) North Indian Ocean. Will be issued when maximum

sustained surface winds are assessed to be 35 knots or greater.

Warnings will be issued every six hours not later than 03Z, 09Z,

15Z, and 21Z.

(c) South Indian Ocean. Will be issued when maximum

sustained surface winds are assessed to be 35 knots or greater.

Warnings will be issued at an interval not to exceed every

twelve hours and not later than 03Z and 15Z or 09Z and 21Z.

(d) South Pacific Ocean. Will be issued when

maximum sustained surface winds are assessed to be 35 knots or

greater. Warnings will be issued at an interval not to exceed

every twelve hours and not later than 03Z and 15Z or 09Z and 21Z.

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(e) North Central and Eastern North Pacific Ocean.

Will be issued every six hours when maximum sustained surface

winds are assessed to be 25 knots or greater. JTWC will re-host

these advisories as tropical cyclone warnings for the DoD as

soon as possible after receipt (not later than 04Z, 10Z, 16Z,

and 22Z). In the event that CPHC or NHC does not issue a

warning on a cyclone, or if JTWC disagrees with a CPHC or NHC

forecast, and the differences cannot be resolved, JTWC will

issue its own warning.

(2) Tropical Cyclone Warning Graphic Forecasts. Issued

by JTWC will include a graphical depiction of each text warning.

In addition to the position, intensity, and wind radii

information, the graphical warning will also provide the error

swath (defined as the 5 year average track error plus the

forecast radius of 35 knot winds), closest point of approach

(CPA) and bearing/distance information from significant DoD

installations.

(3) Prognostic Reasoning. JTWC will issue a prognostic

reasoning message in conjunction with tropical cyclone warnings

in the Western North Pacific Ocean every 12 hours. The message

is intended for DoD meteorological and oceanographic personnel

and is a discussion of the synoptic environment, forecast

reasoning, and any alternate scenarios under consideration. It

will be issued NLT 03Z and 15Z.

(4) Three-hourly Updated Position. When a TC is

threatening certain DoD installations in the Western North

Pacific Ocean, JTWC will issue a three-hourly updated position.

The update is a graphic depiction of the latest best track,

forecast track, and estimated current position to give

situational awareness of the storm motion for DoD units.

(5) Conference Call. JTWC will host a conference call

at 2130Z when a Western North Pacific tropical cyclone is

forecast to impact a DoD area of interest within 72 hours.

b. Tropical Cyclone Formation Alerts (TCFA). Issued when

conditions are favorable for tropical cyclone formation within

24 hours. The alert consists of a graphic and text description

of the area that development is expected to occur, along with a

brief meteorological description of the disturbance.

c. Tropical Support Products (Pacific and Indian Oceans)

(1) Significant Tropical Weather Advisory. JTWC issues

two narrative messages each day describing existing tropical

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cyclones and tropical disturbances being monitored for

development in the next 24-hour period. The bulletin for the

Western North Pacific and South Pacific is issued not later than

06Z daily. The bulletin for the North and South Indian Ocean is

issued NLT 18Z.

(2) Satellite Reconnaissance Bulletins. JTWC Satellite

Operations (SATOPS) will issue an estimate of the physical

characteristics of each tropical cyclone or disturbance,

including location and Dvorak intensity using meteorological

satellite data. At a minimum, SATOPS will provide position and

intensity fixes from satellite imagery every six hours at 00Z,

06Z, 12Z, and 18Z and position-only fixes every six hours at 03Z,

09Z, 15Z, and 21Z.

d. Tropical Cyclone Products (Atlantic Ocean)

(1) Tropical Cyclone Warnings. Include development

level; storm ID information; current warning number; position of

the low level center; movement over the last six hours; speed of

maximum sustained winds; radius of 34, 50 and 64 knot surface

winds; 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hour forecast positions

(unless dissipation or extratropical transition is expected

earlier); intensities and forecast wind radii; and a remarks

section. Warnings are produced four times a day (03Z, 09Z, 15Z,

and 21Z) for active tropical cyclones. FWC Norfolk will re-host

warnings issued by the NHC.

(2) Destructive Winds Forecast. Produced four times a

day (03Z, 09Z, 15Z, and 21Z) when an active tropical cyclone

threatens DoD installations. The forecast includes intensity

and duration of specified winds and timeline recommendations for

setting Tropical Cyclone Conditions of Readiness.

(3) Tropical Cyclone Conditions of Readiness

Recommendations. Briefed to Commander, Navy Installations

Command (CNIC) Regional Commanders and base CO/EMs upon CNIC

region request.

(4) Sortie coordination with numbered fleet

oceanographers.

a. Product Request: All tropical support products are

generated either on a routine basis or when conditions warrant

and requests are not required.

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b. Dissemination

(1) Navy Enterprise Portal – Oceanography (NEP-Oc)

(a) NIPRNet - https://nepoc.oceanography.navy.mil/

(b) SIPRNet - http://nepoc.oceanography.navy.smil.mil

(c) Public Facing Portal - http://www.usno.navy.mil

a. Joint Typhoon Warning Center

(1) PLA: NAVMARFCSTCEN PEARL HARBOR HI

(2) Typhoon Duty Officer

(a) E-mail

NIPR: TDO.NMFC_JTWC@NAVY.MIL

SIPR: TDO.NMFC_JTWC@NAVY.SMIL.MIL

(b) Phone

COM: (808) 474-2320

DSN: (315) 474-2320

b. Fleet Weather Center - Norfolk

(a) E-mail

(b) Phone

COM: (757) 444-7750

DSN: (312) 564-7750

USPACOMINST 0539.1 Pacific Command Instruction

describing the role of JTWC and

the partnership between PACAF and

PACFLT in providing tropical

support in the AOR.

NAVMARFCSTCENPHINST 3140.2 JTWC Tropical Cyclone Operations

Manual

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OPNAVINST 3140.24F Warnings and Conditions of

Readiness Concerning Hazardous or

Destructive Weather Phenomena

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CHAPTER 5

FLEET OPERATIONS SUPPORT

1. General

a. The mission of Fleet Operations is to provide timely,

comprehensive and tactically relevant METOC products and

services in direct support of deploying Carrier Strike Group

(CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), and Amphibious

Readiness Group (ARG) Commanders, assigned units, staff and

other U.S. and Joint or Coalition forces, as directed. Strike

Group Oceanography Teams (SGOTs) based out of Norfolk and San

Diego provide deployable METOC personnel in the form of OA

Division manning and Mobile Environmental Teams (METs). The

SGOTs are departments within the Fleet Weather Centers (FWC) in

Norfolk and San Diego.

b. All operational CVN and LHA/D class ships embark an SGOT

to augment the ship’s OA division underway. Teams typically

consist of an Aerographer’s Mate (AG) Chief, three AG

Forecasters (NEC 7412), and four AG Apprentice Forecasters (NEC

0000). The role of an SGOT is to act as organic METOC support

to the OA Division Officer and embarked staffs afloat, and to

assist in the integration of METOC impacts into warfighter

mission planning. Onboard LHA/Ds, the SGOT coordinates all

METOC support with the embedded Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)

forecasters to provide comprehensive support to their respective

c. AGs are also fully integrated into the Strike Fighter

Advanced Readiness Program (SFARP) and Carrier Air Wing training

process at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) in

Fallon, NV. Each CSG SGOT is augmented by a forecaster from FWC

Strike Det Fallon, who is designated as the lead forecaster for

all Strike Warfare support throughout the Fleet Readiness

Training Program (FRTP) and deployment cycle.

d. When other classes of ships or deploying units require

organic METOC services, a smaller MET is utilized to support

specific warfighting missions. A MET Team typically consists of

one AG Forecaster and one AG Apprentice Forecaster, but will

flex based on the mission. METs are deployed based on the

following prioritization, along with input from the Numbered

Fleet Oceanographer:

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(1) JTF-Civil Support, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster

Relief (HA/DR) Missions

(2) Flag Staff, Maritime Headquarters, Major Fleet

Exercise, and Surge Operations Support

(3) Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security

Cooperation Support

(4) United States Coast Guard (USCG) Support

(5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support

e. Reachback support for ships without embarked METOC

personnel is available. The Advanced Refractive Effects

Prediction System (AREPS) and Target Acquisition Weapons

Software (TAWS) tactical decision aids are supported by

FLENUMMETOCCEN.

f. FWC San Diego supports operations in the C3F and C7F

AORs. FWC Norfolk supports operations in the C2F, C4F and C6F

AORs as well as all Arctic Fleet Operations. Responsibility for

C5F is based on the origin of the afloat unit deploying to that

AOR. Fleet Operations personnel may be deployed from either FWC

to support any mission, anywhere, at any time.

g. Decisions to deploy personnel to a unique location or

for a new mission type are made collaboratively between the

Weather Services DOO, Numbered Fleet Oceanographer, FWC San

Diego and FWC Norfolk. In all cases, these decisions are driven

by the required timeline for support, the availability of fully

qualified manpower on each coast (OPTEMPO/capacity) and cost.

h. The FWCs have access to both Active Component (AC) and

Reserve Component (RC) personnel for resourcing and augmenting

fleet operations requirements. FWCs will coordinate RC support

with their respective Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Reserve

Activity (NMORA) and the Fleet Operations Reserve Deputy

Director of Oceanographic Operations (RDDOO). Additional

information on the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Reserve

Program is contained in NAVMETOCCOMINST 1001.1(series).

a. Fleet Operations personnel are trained and equipped to

provide the below environmental support:

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(1) Meteorology

(a) Observations/Sensing (1)

(b) Analyses (1, 2)

(c) Forecasts (1, 2, 3)

(d) Impacts, Options, Recommendations (1, 2, 3)

(2) Oceanography

(a) Observations/Sensing (1)

(b) Analyses (1, 2)

(c) Forecasts (1, 2, 3)

(d) Impacts, Options, Recommendations (1, 2, 3)

(3) Climatological Forecasts (1, 3, 4)

(4) Environmental battlespace assessments/predictions

for planning and tactical operations via the use of tactical

decision aids and weather effects matrices. (1, 2, 3)

b. Each OA Division and staff METOC officer are tasked to

produce timely and relevant lessons learned for all phases of

training and deployment in accordance with NAVMETOCCOMINST

3140.8 (series). These lessons learned will be used throughout

the METOC community to improve product accuracy and level of

support to afloat units. Fleet Oceanographers, staff METOC

Officers, SGOTs, and OA Division Officers will work together to

produce a post-deployment report in accordance with

NAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.23 (series).

c. FLENUMMETOCCEN supports the AREPS and TAWS tactical

decision aids for surface assets not supported by on-scene METOC

personnel and submarines as requested by the SUBOPAUTH.

(1) AREPS predicts system performance of electromagnetic

systems.

(2) TAWS determines atmospheric temperature and slant

range visibility effects when calculating targeting solutions

1 – Available while underway

2 – Available while in port in

special circumstances

3 – Custom tailored for the

specific operations

4 – Available while in port

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for missile systems.

a. Support to CVN/LHA/LHD will be coordinated between each

ship’s METOC officer and the FWC Operations Officer for that

fleet concentration area.

b. MET support is requested through COMTHIRDFLT (West

coast) or COMSECONDFLT (East coast) via Naval Message

(preferred), SIPRNet or NIPRNet E-mail, telephone or chat. An

example support request is provided as follows:

FM USS YOUR SHIP/ACTIVIITY

TO Appropriate Numbered Fleet (i.e. COMTHIRDFLT//METOC//)

INFO FLEWEACEN SAN DIEGO CA

FLEWEACEN NORFOLK VA

NAVOCEANOPSCOM STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS

C L A S S I F I C A T I O N//N03140//

MSGID/GENADMIN/YOUR SHIP/ACTIVITY//

SUBJ: METOC SUPPORT REQUEST (U)//

REF/A/TEL/PHONCONS//

RMKS/1. ( ) AS COORDINATED IN REF A, REQUEST METOC

SUPPORT FOR (SHIP/ACTIVITY) IN SUPPORT OF (MISSION TYPE).

A. TYPE(S) OF SUPPORT REQUESTED (E.G. USW, IREPS,

AMPHIBIOUS OPS, ETC)

B. METOC DET EMBARK DATE AND LOCATION

C. METOC DET DEBARK DATE AND LOCATION

D. BERTHING AVAILABILITY FOR MALE/FEMALE TEAM MEMBERS

E. ACTIVITY POINT OF CONTACT.//

DECL/XXXX//

c. AREPS and TAWS support is requested from FLENUMMETOCCEN

via telephone or the form on the NEP-Oc.

a. Norfolk

(a) E-mail

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(b) Phone

COM: (757) 470-9811

DSN: (312) 565-2591

FAX: (757) 444-7343

b. San Diego

(1) PLA: FLEWEACEN SAN DIEGO CA

(a) E-mail

NIPR: NMOC-SD.cdo@navy.mil

SIPR: nmocsd.cdo.ftc@navy.smil.mil

(b) Phone

COM: (619) 545-6027

DSN: (312) 735-6027

FAX: (619) 545-0291

c. Fleet Numerical METOC Center

(1) PLA: FLENUMMETOCCEN MONTEREY CA

(a) E-mail

(b) Phone

COM: (831) 656-4325

DSN: (312) 878-4325

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CHAPTER 6

AVIATION SUPPORT

1. General

a. Aviation weather support is provided by Fleet Weather

Center (FWC), Norfolk, VA and Fleet Weather Center, San Diego.

FWC Norfolk has an aviation detachment located in Sembach,

Germany. FWC San Diego has aviation detachments located in

Atsugi, Japan and Pearl Harbor, HI.

b. The two FWCs and their detachments/components are tasked

with providing continuous, global weather support to naval

aviation to include Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs), Flight

Weather Briefings, and Resource Protection to Naval Air Stations

and other select Naval Installations.

c. The main hub for centralized aviation weather

forecasting for CONUS Naval Air Station support for Texas and

all areas east of the Mississippi River is FWC Norfolk. CONUS

Naval Air Stations west of the Mississippi River, excluding

Texas, are supported primarily by FWC San Diego. FWC AVN Det

Atsugi, FWC AVN Det Pearl Harbor and FWC AVN Det Sembach provide

OCONUS support.

d. The Marine Corps operates two Marine Corps Installation

(MCI) Regional METOC Centers (RMC) for CONUS Marine Corps Air

Station (MCAS) support. MCI-East RMC supports the east coast of

the United States. MCI-West RMC supports the west coast of the

United States.

a. Flight Weather Briefing (DD175-1)

(1) The flight weather brief is required for pilots by

OPNAVINST 3710.7 (series).

(2) The brief provides weather information for the

departure point, route-of-flight, destination(s), and alternate

destination(s).

(3) Accurate and timely Horizontal Weather Depictions

(HWDs) and other graphical data to support safety of flight are

provided to pilots as needed or upon request.

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b. Flight Weather Briefing (Canned Route)

(1) The flight weather brief is required for pilots by

OPNAVINST 3710.7 (series).

(2) This briefing provides readily available weather

information for a particular area including departure point,

route-of-flight, and destination(s).

(3) The majority of canned routes are used at major

training bases throughout CONUS. Canned Route Weather Briefs

are updated every two hours, and are valid for three hours.

Pilots can utilize a Canned Route Weather Brief (where

available) at any time. A temporary Canned Route can be created

for a special event (i.e. HUREVAC, Air Show) upon request to the

FWC Operations Officer.

c. Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)

(1) The TAF is a 24-hour forecast for each Naval Air

Station which is updated periodically.

(2) TAFs are issued in accordance with NAVMETOCCOMINST

3143.1(series). Amended or corrected TAFs are issued as needed

based on changing weather conditions and forecasts.

(3) All TAFs are transmitted to the national

meteorological database in a timely manner to ensure current and

updated information is available to forecasters and pilots.

d. Meteorological Aviation Report (METAR)

(1) The METAR is an encoded weather observation

routinely generated once an hour; if significant changes occur

between routine hourly observations, special reports (SPECIs)

are generated.

(2) Most locations use augmented observations, which are

recorded by digital sensors (Automated Surface Observing System,

ASOS), encoded via software, and are then reviewed by certified

weather observers or forecasters prior to being transmitted.

(3) Observers record surface observations, and transmit

all observations to the national meteorological database in a

timely manner to ensure real-time data is available to

forecasters and pilots.

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a. Flight weather briefs (DD175-1) are requested and

disseminated over the internet via Flight Weather Briefer (FWB).

FWB is the primary method of requesting and receiving a DD-175-1

and is a valid brief per OPNAV 3710.7 (series). A phone, fax or

E-mail request is available for those without FWB access.

b. Canned route briefings are requested and disseminated

over the internet via Flight Weather Briefer (FWB). FWB is the

only method of requesting and receiving a canned route.

c. METARs and TAFs are available on NEP-Oc as well as

commercially available sources for civilian airfields.

d. Procedures. For DD175-1 or canned route briefings,

submit requests via Flight Weather Briefer

(https://fwb.metoc.navy.mil/). If FWB is unavailable, contact

the appropriate facility using the contact information below.

(1) Aviation Duty Officer

(a) E-mail: ADO.FWC.NRFK.FCT@navy.mil

(b) Phone

COM: (757) 445-4555 DSN: (312) 565-4555

FAX: (757) 444-4479 DSN: (312) 564-4479

b. Fleet Weather Center, San Diego, CA

(1) Aviation Duty Officer

(a) E-mail NIPR: NAFD-ADO.fct@navy.mil

(b) Phone

COM: (619) 545-2196 DSN: (312) 735-2196

FAX: (619) 545-2217

c. FWC Aviation Detachment, Pearl Harbor, HI

(1) Phone

(a) Lead Forecaster (808) 449-8335

(b) Tropics Zone (808) 449-9785

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(c) MidLat Zone (808) 449-7929

(d) Alaska Zone (808) 449-7924

(e) Flight Weather Briefer (808) 448-3809

d. FWC Aviation Detachment, Atsugi, Japan

(1) Phone

(a) COM: 011-81-467-63-3208

011-81-467-63-4347

011-81-467-63-4348

e. FWC Aviation Detachment, Sembach, Germany

(1) Phone

(a) COM: 011-49(0)-6302-67-6146

011-49(0)-6302-67-6218

f. USMC MCI-East RMC

(1) Phone: COM 866-925-2523

g. USMC MCI-West RMC

(1) Phone: COM 800-470-6020

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CHAPTER 7

RESOURCE PROTECTION SUPPORT

1. General

a. Resource Protection (RP) includes the monitoring and

dissemination of weather products to ensure that installations

receive notification of inclement weather, enabling informed

decisions to protect Navy resources. RP support is provided by

Fleet Weather Center (FWC), Norfolk, VA; Fleet Weather Center,

San Diego; Naval Oceanography Antisubmarine Warfare Center

(NOAC), Yokosuka, Japan; and the FWC subordinate Detachments:

FWC AVN Det Atsugi, Japan; FWC AVN Det Pearl Harbor at Hickam

AFB HI; and FWC AVN Det Sembach, Germany.

b. FWC Norfolk provides RP support to Naval Installations

located in Navy Region Southeast, Navy Region Midwest, Navy

Region Mid-Atlantic and Naval District Washington. FWC San

Diego provides RP support to Naval Installations located in Navy

Region Northwest and Navy Region Southwest. NOAC Yokosuka, FWC

AVN Det Atsugi, Pearl Harbor and Sembach provide OCONUS RP

support.

a. Severe weather warnings are issued in the event that

thunderstorms, tornadoes, high winds, winter weather, or

tropical cyclones threaten installations.

b. All warning information is disseminated through multiple

means including phone, record message traffic/command email,

email and web-based formats to ensure all affected activities

are notified.

a. Naval Air Station (NAS): the following advisories,

watches and/or warnings are issued for all Naval Air Stations:

(1) Thunderstorm Watch (Recommend T2)

(2) Thunderstorm Warning (Recommend T1)

(3) Severe Thunderstorm Watch (Recommend SVR T2)

(4) Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Recommend SVR T1)

(5) Airfield Wind Advisory

(6) Small Craft Warning (where applicable)

(7) Gale Warning

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(8) Storm Warning

(9) Freezing Precipitation Advisory

(10) Freezing Precipitation Warning

(11) Snow Advisory

(12) Snow Warning

b. Fleet Concentration Area (FCA): the following watches

and/or warnings are issued for all FCAs:

(1) Thunderstorm Watch (Recommend T2)

(2) Thunderstorm Warning (Recommend T1)

(3) Severe Thunderstorm Watch (Recommend SVR T2)

In addition, the following National Weather Service (NWS)

messages are readdressed via phone and unclassified record

message traffic/command E-mail to affected installations and

fleet units:

(1) NWS Small Craft Warnings

(2) NWS Gale Warnings

(3) NWS Storm Warnings

(4) NWS Tornado Warning

(5) NWS Coastal Hazard Message

(6) NWS Special Marine Warning

(7) NWS Winter Weather Message

(8) NWS Severe Thunderstorm Warning

(9) NWS Tornado Notifications

(10) NWS Severe Thunderstorm Watch Notifications

(11) NWS Non-precipitation Warnings

(12) NWS Urgent Weather Messages

c. All Other Installation Support: For CONUS and Hawaii

installations that do not have an Airfield and/or are not

designated as an FCA, the NWS messages in section (b) will be

transmitted to CNIC designated functional email accounts.

d. Regional Operations Center Support: Particular

significant weather events require advance coordination with the

Regional Operations Center (ROC) for further dissemination

within their AOR. The advance coordination includes an initial

phone call between the ROC and the Resource Protection Duty

Officer (RPDO), initiated by either party, to discuss the

impending event. Additionally, the RPDO will e-mail the forecast

to ensure criteria and times are accurately received. The ROC,

at their discretion, will initiate Telephone Conference Calls

(TELCON) between the ROC, RPDO and affected Region/Installation

decision support personnel (i.e., Regional/Base Emergency

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Managers, etc.). Timelines of notification will be adhered to

as closely as possible.

(1) Wind: All regions will be notified when Storm Force

Winds (sustained winds ≥ 48 kts) are forecast.

(2) Winter Weather Conditions: Regions will be notified

when the following thresholds are forecast:

(a) Freezing Precipitation >1/2‖ accumulation in a

24 Hour Period

(b) Snow in excess of 1‖ in a 24 Hour Period

Timelines of ROC Notification:

For Storm Force Wind and/or Winter Weather Conditions:

(Note: Not all systems will allow for 72 hours advance warning.)

Call to ROC to discuss possible inclement weather

impacting Naval Installations in their AOR and

timeline for anticipated warnings.

Update ROC. When requested by ROC, conduct TELCON and

discuss anticipated conditions with affected Region

leadership.* Commence issuing warnings for unit

notification.

Update ROC.

Leadership.*

* TELCONs will be conducted for anticipated Storm Force winds on

station or when winter conditions approach thresholds upon

request from the ROC. Storms of lesser magnitude may require a

TELCON due to combination of multiple potentially destructive

weather phenomena (i.e., sustained sub-storm force winds

combined with a high flood risk or dangerous storm surge).

4. Points of Contacts

(1) Resource Protection Duty Officer

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(a) E-mail: RPDO.FWC.NRFK.1.FTC@navy.mil

(b) Phone

COM: (757) 444-8692

DSN: (312) 564-8692

b. Fleet Weather Center, San Diego, CA

(a) E-mail: fwc-rpdo.fct@navy.mil

(b) Phone

COM: (619) 545-3165

DSN: (312) 735-3165

c. NOAC Yokosuka, Japan

(a) E-mail: M-YO-NMOC-CDO@fe.navy.mil

(b) Phone

COM: 011-81-46-816-5595

DSN: (315) 243-5595

d. FWC Aviation Detachment Pearl Harbor, HI

(a) Phone

COM: (808) 449-8335

DSN: (315) 449-8335

e. FWC Aviation Detachment Atsugi, Japan

Phone: 011-81-467-63-3208/4347/4348

f. FWC Aviation Detachment Sembach, Germany

COM: 49(0)-6302-67-6146/6218

DSN: (314) 496-6146/6218

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5. Governing Instruction

Readiness Concerning Hazardous

or Destructive Weather Phenomena

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CHAPTER 8

TSUNAMI SUPPORT

1. General. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) Pearl

Harbor, HI is responsible for providing tsunami information

support to all DoD assets and will act as the Subject Matter

Expert (SME) and operational liaison to NOAA for all Naval

Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC). Tsunami bulletins

and products are issued by NOAA from the Pacific Tsunami Warning

Center (PTWC) and the West Coast/ Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

(WC/ATWC). The bulletins are auto-forwarded in record message

traffic by Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

(FLENUMMETOCCEN). JTWC provides tsunami-related BonD Tier 3

decision support for DoD areas of interest.

a. NOAA Tsunami Product Dissemination. FLENUMMETOCCEN will

disseminate NOAA tsunami bulletins via record message traffic as

they are published and updated. The bulletins will include one

or more of the following:

(1) Tsunami Warning. A tsunami warning is issued when a

tsunami with significant widespread inundation is imminent or

expected. Warnings alert the public that widespread, dangerous

coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents is possible

and may continue for several hours after arrival of the initial

wave. Warnings also alert emergency management officials to

take action for the entire tsunami hazard zone. Warnings may be

updated, adjusted geographically, downgraded, or canceled. To

provide the earliest possible alert, initial warnings are

normally based only on seismic information.

(2) Tsunami Advisory. A tsunami advisory is issued when

the threat of a potential tsunami exists which may produce

strong currents or waves dangerous to those in or near the water.

Coastal regions historically prone to damage due to strong

currents induced by tsunamis are at the greatest risk. The

threat may continue for several hours after the arrival of the

initial wave, but significant widespread inundation is not

expected for areas under an advisory. Advisories are normally

updated to extend the advisory, expand/contract affected areas,

upgrade to a warning, or cancel the advisory.

(3) Tsunami Watch. A tsunami watch is issued to alert

emergency management officials and the public of an event which

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may later impact the watch area. The watch area may be upgraded

to a warning or advisory - or canceled - based on update

information and analysis. Watches are normally issued based on

seismic information without confirmation that a destructive

tsunami is underway.

(4) Tsunami Information Statement. A tsunami

information statement is issued to inform emergency management

officials and the public that an earthquake has occurred, or

that a tsunami warning, watch or advisory has been issued for

another section of the ocean. In most cases, information

statements are issued to indicate there is no threat of a

destructive tsunami and to prevent unnecessary evacuations as

the earthquake may have been felt in coastal areas. An

information statement may, in appropriate situations, caution

about the possibility of destructive local tsunamis.

Information statements may be re-issued with additional

information, though normally these messages are not updated.

However, a watch, advisory or warning may be issued for the area

after further analysis and/or updated information becomes

available.

For examples of NOAA tsunami products, please see:

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/Products/msgdefs.htm.

b. NOAA Tsunami Travel Time Predictions. Based upon the

source location of the seismic event, NOAA creates a travel time

plot and table of estimated arrival times for potentially

affected coastal locations, should a tsunami wave be generated.

JTWC will disseminate this product with a list of estimated

arrival times for specific DoD areas of interest.

c. Historical Impact Analysis. JTWC will review, assess

and disseminate archived tsunami impact and inundation data for

DoD areas of interest, when applicable, to provide a ―first

guess‖ of potential tsunami impact based on comparable

historical tsunamis.

d. Tsunami observation and forecast verification. As the

tsunami event progresses, JTWC will use the oceanic observing

network to track and report observed versus predicted tsunami

heights and arrival times. Characterization of the tsunami wave

will be reported to operational/regional commanders and include

wave period, maximum amplitude, and, when available, estimated

duration of dangerous tsunami activity.

e. Hourly Tsunami Impact Updates. NOAA tsunami warning

centers update tsunami bulletins hourly (or sooner, as

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necessary) based on observed conditions. JTWC will review NOAA

updates, participate in WC/ATWC and PTWC Tsunami Conference

Calls, and assess any specific changes to the predicted tsunami

impact for DoD assets.

f. Inundation Forecasts. JTWC will disseminate available

modeled inundation forecasts to include tsunami earliest arrival

time, predicted offshore amplitude (sea level to crest), period,

and port impacts (current and amplitude.)

g. Conference Call/Defense Connect Online. As required,

JTWC will host a coordination meeting utilizing conference calls

and/or Defense Connect Online to assist METOC professionals in

advising local operational commanders and emergency managers

when a tsunami is forecast to impact a Fleet Concentration Area

or other significant DoD area of interest.

a. Product Request. All tsunami support products are

generated when conditions warrant. Any specific Request for

Information (RFI) beyond the standard products may be submitted

via message, electronic mail, chat or telephone.

b. Dissemination

(1) SIPRNet Internet Relay Chat

(a) Command and Control Chat (Fleet, Battlewatch,

CTF, etc.)

(b) Naval Oceanography Office METOC Chat

(2) Navy Enterprise Portal – Oceanography (NEP-Oc)

(a) NIPRNet - https://nepoc.oceanography.navy.mil/

(b) SIPRNet - http://nepoc.oceanography.navy.smil.mil

(c) Public Facing Portal - http://www.usno.navy.mil

(3) Navy Installations Command C4ISuite Chat

(4) Electronic Mail (SIPRNet and NIPRNet)

(5) Record Message Traffic

a. Naval Maritime Forecast Center Pearl Harbor, HI

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(1) PLA: NAVMARFCSTCEN PEARL HARBOR HI

(a) E-mail

NIPR: CDO.NMFC_JTWC@NAVY.MIL

SIPR: CDO.NMFC_JTWC@NAVY.SMIL.MIL

(b) Phone

COM: (808) 474-0004

DSN: (315) 474-0004

Readiness Concerning Hazardous or

Destructive Weather Phenomena

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CHAPTER 9

PRECISE TIME AND ASTROMETRY SUPPORT

1. General

a. The Precise Time and Astrometry (PTA) Directorate

provides the foundational data for positioning, navigation, and

timing (PNT) operations. All PTA support and products are

provided by the United States Naval Observatory (USNAVOBSY),

located in Washington, D.C.

b. USNAVOBSY provides a wide range of astronomical data and

timing products. The products are available as hardcopy

publications such as the Nautical Almanac, stand-alone computer

applications, and a number of IT-based means. The USNAVOBSY

Master Clock serves as the country’s official time keeper, and

USNAVOBSY is the sole provider of Precise Time and Time Interval

(PTTI) for all DoD services. Additionally, USNAVOBSY is

responsible for establishing, maintaining, and coordinating the

astronomical reference frame(s) for celestial navigation and

orientation of space systems. USNAVOBSY is responsible for

Earth orientation parameters (EOP) predictions for all DoD

services, agencies, and contractors, as well as the

international community. Earth orientation parameters are

essential to determine spacecraft orbital information and

geolocation of data derived from space systems. USNAVOBSY

operates the Navy’s dark-sky facility at the USNAVOBSY Flagstaff

Station, where observations are collected in support of

astrometry, spectrophotometry and space situational awareness.

a. Astronomical Data for Operational Applications

(1) System to Estimate Latitude and Longitude

Astronomically (STELLA). Stand-alone PC software available

directly from USNAVOBSY; provides basic almanac data for

navigational bodies, full sight planning and reduction, times of

twilight, sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset for fixed sites

or vessel underway, and moon illumination.

(2) Nautical Almanac. Annual hardcopy publication that

provides basic almanac data for use in marine navigation and

other applications.

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(3) Air Almanac. Annual hardcopy publication provides

basic almanac data for use in air navigation and other

applications.

(4) Astronomical Almanac. Contains precise positions

(ephemerides) of most solar system objects, data for eclipses

and other astronomical phenomena, and catalogs of selected

celestial objects.

(5) Multi-year Interactive Computer Almanac (MICA).

Stand-alone PC software that computes many of the quantities

tabulated in The Astronomical Almanac, but covers the 250-year

period, 1800-2050; allows the user to compute this information

for specific locations and specific times.

(6) Solar-Lunar Almanac Core (SLAC). Source-code

product that is the de facto DoD standard source for Sun and

Moon positions and illumination information. Widely used in DoD

tactical decision aids, missions schedulers, and simulators.

(7) Naval Observatory Vector Astronomy Software (NOVAS).

NOVAS is an integrated package of subroutines and functions for

computing various commonly needed quantities in positional

astronomy.

(8) Information on astronomical standards, star catalogs,

and astronomical reference frames is available on the Naval

Oceanography Portal/USNAVOBSY Astronomical Applications website.

b. Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Services.

Dissemination of the DoD time reference standard from the

USNAVOBSY Master Clock (UTC(USNO)).

(1) Global Positioning System (GPS). USNAVOBSY is the

sole provider of time for the GPS system. Calibrated Precise

Positioning Service (PPS) GPS timing receivers can receive time

to an accuracy of approximately 10 nanoseconds and Standard

Positioning Service (SPS) GPS timing receivers can receive time

to an accuracy of better than 200 nanoseconds.

(2) Network Time Protocol (NTP). USNAVOBSY is the sole

provider of NTP for the DoD SIPRNet. Network time can be

acquired via the NIPRNet and SIPRNet to an accuracy of about 10

milliseconds.

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(3) Two-Way Satellite Time Transfer (TWSTT). USNAVOBSY

time can be transferred to specially equipped users via

geostationary communications satellites to an accuracy of 1

nanosecond.

(4) Time via telephone modem. USNAVOBSY time can be

acquired via telephone modem to an accuracy of about 1/100 of a

second.

(5) Telephone time voice announcer. USNAVOBSY time can

be acquired via telephone time announcer to an accuracy of about

1/10 of a second.

(6) GPS and Galileo Timing Offset (GGTO).

Interoperability between GPS, Galileo and any other global

navigation satellite system requires that the timing reference

difference between the systems be known.

c. Earth Orientation. Relates the celestial reference

frame to the terrestrial reference frame for precise positioning,

navigation, targeting, and ISR.

(1) Earth orientation parameters and predictions. Polar

motion, UT1-UTC, precession, and nutation are updated daily and

are available by file transfer protocol (ftp).

(2) International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems

Service (IERS) Bulletin A. Reports of the latest determinations

and predictions for polar motion, UT1-UTC, and nutation offsets

at daily intervals are distributed weekly by email.

(3) Leap seconds. Announcements are via the USNAVOBSY

Series 14 message as well as in IERS Bulletin C.

(4) UT1-UTC. Transmitted with timing signals and

announced in IERS Bulletin D.

(5) EOP data are provided to the GPS Master Control

Station via NGA.

d. Astrometry. Astrometry is the branch of astronomy

concerned with the determination of positions, proper motions,

and parallaxes of solar-system bodies, stars, and distant

galaxies. Astrometric products include optical, infrared,

radio, and celestial reference frames.

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(1) Naval Observatory Merged Astrometric Database

(NOMAD). The primary aim of NOMAD is to help users retrieve the

best currently available astrometric data for any star in the

sky by providing these data in one place.

(2) USNAVOBSY CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC, UCAC2,

UCAC3). An all-sky astrometric survey for stars in the 7-16

magnitude range with positions to accuracies of 20-70 mas,

including proper motions. Current release is UCAC3.

(3) USNO-B1.0 Catalog. USNO-B1.0 is the latest stellar

catalog from the USNAVOBSY Precision Measuring Machine project,

providing positions, magnitudes, and proper motions for each

object.

(4) Double Star Catalogs. Double star catalogs are

maintained at the USNAVOBSY, including the USNAVOBSY Washington

Double Star Catalog and the Double Star Library.

(5) The USNAVOBSY Image and Catalog Archive Server.

Serves as the source of major USNAVOBSY astrometric catalogs

including the NOMAD, USNO-B1.0 and USNO-A2.0 catalogs.

(6) Solar System bodies. Astrometric data for objects

within our solar system including planetary satellites and minor

planets.

(7) Reference Frames. Available products include

positions of extragalactic radio sources that define an

astrometric quasi-inertial Celestial Reference Frame (CRF),

positions and velocities of radio antennas that define a Very

Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) based Terrestrial Reference

Frame (TRF) and the EOP that link the CRF and the TRF.

(8) The Radio Reference Frame Image Database (RRFID).

Available products include PostScript format contour plots of

Radio Reference Frame source images at frequencies of 2 GHz, 8

GHz, 15 GHz, 24 GHz and 43 GHz. Plots of visibility data in

PostScript format are also available. These products are the

results of an ongoing program to image International Celestial

Reference Frame (ICRF) sources on a regular basis.

(9) Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)-based

Product Information. Information regarding USNAVOBSY VLBI-based

products including astrometry, reference frames, earth

orientation, and imaging data.

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a. Product and help requests can be made through the public

facing portal (www.usno.navy.mil).

b. Additional information can be obtained from the POC

listed below.

a. Requirements Officer

(1) PLA: NAVOBSY WASHINGTON DC

(2) Phone

COM: (202) 762-1506/1467

DSN: (312) 762-1506/1467

Secure (DSN): 762-0901

FAX (DSN): 762-1461

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CHAPTER 10

NAVIGATION DATA AND PRODUCTION

1. General

a. Safety of navigation support is provided by the Naval

Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) located at Stennis Space Center,

MS and its collocated subordinate command, Fleet Survey Team

(FST).

b. NAVOCEANO acquires data through collection or

international agreement for processing, analysis, and product

generation in support of Fleet operations. The data collection

aspect is Chapter 11. Bathymetric and hydrographic data (deep

and shallow sounding data respectively) collected by NAVOCEANO

is used by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and

the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) to

produce navigation-quality charts. NGA and NOAA are the

recognized charting authorities for the United States for

international waters and U.S. territorial waters respectively.

NAVOCEANO and FST can produce navigation products for short-term

use by U.S. Navy vessels when neither NGA nor NOAA can meet

immediate operational requirements. Additionally, FST can

provide an expeditionary safety of navigation capability that

focuses on one-time use products that give the user qualitative

vice quantitative information to support expeditionary ship-to-

shore movement.

a. Tailored Safety of Navigation Hydrographic Products

(1) NAVOCEANO can provide tailored hydrographic products

to support safety of navigation and operations in a wide variety

of digital and hardcopy formats ranging from traditional

navigation chart-type product to a digital animation of a three-

dimensional bathymetric fly-thru of a transit lane.

(2) Hydrographic products may be tailored to answer

specific operational questions, such as developing go/no go

graphics based on a specific safety depth threshold. These

products require a thorough understanding of operations to be

conducted and requests should include a short description of the

issue and a point of contact.

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b. Tailored Expeditionary Hydrographic Products

(1) NAVOCEANO and FST can provide situational awareness

products for expeditionary and surface ship-to-shore operations.

These products are for short-term use only as their depth

information is not valid for navigational use.

(2) Tailored expeditionary hydrographic products are

available in a wide variety of hardcopy and softcopy formats.

These graphics typically use satellite imagery as a base,

overlaid with hydrographic soundings from existing data holdings

or recently collected data. Additional environmental data

relevant to the mission or its intended timeframe may also be

included. Detailed descriptions of expeditionary products can

be found in Chapter 13, Expeditionary Warfare Operations.

(3) Beach reports may also be requested to accompany and

augment the tailored expeditionary hydrographic products. These

text reports are targeted at Beach Master Units and cover many

of the key parameters necessary to determine the ability of the

beach and its immediate surroundings to support amphibious

operations. Detailed descriptions of expeditionary products can

be found in Chapter 13, Expeditionary Warfare Operations.

3. Product Requests/Dissemination. Hydrographic products may

be coordinated through the Naval Component Commander (NCC),

Naval Oceanography Representative, or requested through the

NAVOCEANO Customer Service Office (CSO). For those requests

that require field data collection, hydrographic survey

capabilities may be requested by record message traffic in

accordance with COMUSFLTFORCOMINST 3140.55 (series). These

requests should be coordinated with the Naval Oceanography

Representative assigned to the governing NCC.

a. Procedures. The NAVOCEANO Customer Service Office (CSO)

takes requests for products (RFPs), provides information on

available products, and status of pending requests. RFPs should

include as much information as possible about the operations

being supported. The Naval Oceanography Representatives may

assist in product request definition and generation.

b. A catalog of current oceanographic and hydrographic

products with full descriptions is available on the NEP-Oc web

site. To initiate a new product request of an existing product

that is not available on the web page, choose the link under

PRODUCT SUPPORT labeled REQUEST FOR PRODUCTS.

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a. NAVOCEANO Customer Service Office

(1) E-mail

NIPR: cso.navo.fct@navy.mil

SIPR: cso@ocean.navo.navy.smil.mil

(2) Phone

COM: (228) 688-5176

DSN: (312) 828-5176

b. Naval Oceanography Representative Supervisor

(1) Phone

COM: (228) 688-5336

DSN: (312) 828-5336

COMUSFLTFORCOMINST 3140.55 of 26 Jan 09

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CHAPTER 11

OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEY OPERATIONS

1. General

a. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command provides the

preponderance of oceanographic and hydrographic survey

capabilities for the Department of the Navy (DoN) and the

Department of Defense (DoD). COMNAVMETOCCOM provides for the

operation of multi-purpose ocean survey ships (T-AGS), the

primary survey asset. The ships are assigned to Commander,

Military Sealift Command for operations and to COMNAVMETOCCOM

for technical and scheduling control. Other assets capable of

conducting ocean surveys include the Airborne Coastal Survey

(ACS) and Fleet Survey Team.

b. NAVOCEANO operates the T-AGS multi-purpose oceanographic

survey ships on behalf of COMNAVMETOCCOM. The vessels are ―high

demand, low density‖ assets managed under the Global Force

Management program. The T-AGS are configurable to conduct open

ocean collection of physical oceanographic properties, deep

water bathymetry, or shallow water hydrography. A number of

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are deployable from the T-

AGS; however, the AUV’s may be deployed independently with the

proper support equipment. These AUVs are outfitted with a

variety of sensors and are capable of collecting data from

depths of 60 to 6000 meters. T-AGS are also capable of

deploying gliders, drifting buoys and profiling floats that are

capable of collecting oceanographic information.

c. Airborne Coastal Survey utilizes an integrated Light

Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)/imaging system. The current

system is installed in a King Air 200 (C-12 equivalent) aircraft

and is capable of collecting hydrographic information in

relatively clear, shallow waters as well as topographic data

over land to produce seamless coastal charts and maps. The

high-resolution imagery collected during ACS surveys is stitched

together to make large image mosaics of the survey areas that

enhance the hydrographic and topographic data.

d. FST’s primary collection platform is a fully outfitted,

C-130-transportable, rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) equipped

with a suite of hydrographic sensors. FST has additional suites

of sensors that may be installed on a ―boat of opportunity‖ to

allow rapid collection, analysis and dissemination of shallow

water bathymetric data. FST also has an expeditionary

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hydrographic collection capability using its Expeditionary

Survey Vehicles (ESV). Each ESV consists of a personal water

craft augmented with a single beam echo sounder, side scan

sonar, a global positioning system and data recording system.

FST’s expeditionary capability is focused on providing

qualitative information to ensure safe ship-to-shore movement.

2. Oceanographic, Hydrographic and Bathymetric (OHB) Survey

Requirements

a. The OHB requirements process is governed by OPNAVINST

3140.55 and USFLTFORCOMINST 3140.55. OHB requirements are

submitted by the Combatant Commands and Naval Component Commands

each year for prioritization. Requirement submissions provide

details on functional need, intended use, geographic location,

requested product(s), readiness assessment, and required

delivery date. The final prioritized OHB requirements list is

approved by STRATCOM. Emergent, or out of cycle, requirements

are submitted to USFLTFORCOM for assessment IAW USFLTFORCOMINST

3140.55.

b. The prioritized requirements list is sorted by potential

data collection platform (T-AGS, ACS, FST, etc.) and integrated

into the annual data collection schedule. T-AGS, ACS and FST

are normally assigned to the highest priority OHB missions.

c. A summary of T-AGS ship characteristics, present (and

past) year OHB survey requirements, survey platform locations,

survey schedule, survey CONOPS status, current T-AGS ship

positions, glider operations, and the CDO daily brief are

located on the NEP-Oc.

a. COMNAVMETOCCOM Ship Operations Officer

(1) Phone

COM: (228) 688-4591

DSN: (312) 828-4591

OPNAVINST 3140.55B of 15 Apr 08

COMUSFLTFORCOMINST 3140.55 of 26 Jan 09

NAVOCEANO document SS-PR-01 of Oct 2003

CJCSI 3250.1D of 04 Aug 2009

DoD 2005.1-M of 23 Jun 2005

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CHAPTER 12

INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT

1. General. Environmental support for Intelligence,

Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions is provided by

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) capable

units in NAVMETOCCOM like the Naval Oceanographic Office

(NAVOCEANO), Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

(FLENUMMETOCCEN), the Naval Ice Center (NAVICE), and the Naval

Maritime Forecast Center/Joint Typhoon Warning Center Pearl

Harbor (NMFC/JTWC PH). METOC professionals are also embedded at,

and provide liaison with, Intelligence Community (IC) commands

such as the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Security Agency

(NSA), and the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI).

a. Analyzed imagery. Features are derived from available

source imagery (National Technical Means and Commercial).

Examples of derived features are bathymetry, obstacles, reefs,

fishing activity, ice edge and concentration. Warfare support

includes operations in the littoral and riverine environments.

b. Forecasts for ISR sensors. Forecasts for sensible

weather conditions that effect ISR collections such as clouds,

precipitation, winds, and seas are produced to aid decision

makers to determine optimum use of National and COCOM ISR assets.

c. Fused products. Products that integrate METOC with

intelligence data (e.g. Piracy Performance Surface) can be

produced to depict a more comprehensive operational picture for

the decision maker rather than independent ―stovepiped‖ and

uncorrelated data layers.

3. Product Requests/Dissemination. Product support may be

requested via Joint World-wide Intelligence Communications

System (JWICS) using the contact information for each of the

supporting commands. TS/SCI voice communications can be

arranged on Secure Terminal Equipment (STE), Voice over Internet

Protocol (VOIP), or Video Teleconference (VTC) if required after

initial web/email contact.

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a. Web site: www.cnmoc.navo.ic.gov

b. ISR Oceanography PACOM JIOC Component

(1) E-mail

SIPR: isro.nmfc_jtwc@navy.smil.mil

JWICS: Grp-isr-npmoc-ph@pacom.ic.gov

(2) Phone

COM: (808) 471-7775

DSN: (315) 471-7775

c. ISR Oceanography NAVOCEANO Component

(1) E-mail

SIPR: isr@navo.navy.smil.mil

(2) Phone

COM: (228) 688-4781/4566

DSN: (312) 828-4781/4566

d. ISR Oceanography FLENUMMETOCCEN Component

(1) E-mail

SIPR: isr@fnmoc.navy.smil.mil

(2) Phone

COM: (831) 656-4599

DSN: (312) 878-4599

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CHAPTER 13

EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SUPPORT

1. General

a. Naval Oceanography provides support to expeditionary

warfare (EXW) via the unified capabilities of both forward-

deployed personnel and shore-based meteorology and oceanography

(METOC) production centers. This enables timely and relevant

data and information to be incorporated into the decision-making

process, resulting in a better understanding of the mission

impacts.

b. The expeditionary capabilities and capacity of

NAVMETOCCOM are organized to support four main warfighting

forces: Naval Special Warfare Forces, Navy Expeditionary Combat

Command Units, Amphibious Warfare Units, and Marine Air-Ground

Task Forces.

c. Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center (NOSWC) is

located in San Diego, CA with detachments in Norfolk, VA; Pearl

Harbor, HI; and Stennis Space Center, MS. Two additional

components are located in Stennis Space Center, MS and Dam Neck,

VA. NOSWC personnel are embedded within the force structure of

all Naval Special Warfare components and support deploying

Riverine Squadrons. Embedded METOC personnel (EM) conduct

environmental reconnaissance (ER) and fuse tailored METOC data

and forecasts to enable mission planning and execution. EMs

specifically provide mission planning recommendations regarding:

(1) gear selection

(2) route planning

(3) timeline execution

(4) actions at the objective

(5) sensor emplacement

(6) platform selection

d. The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) is the EXW

shore-based production center for ocean prediction,

oceanographic, hydrographic, bathymetric, and geophysical data

and derived products. Fleet Numerical Meteorology and

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Oceanography Center (FLENUMMETOCCEN) is the EXW shore-based

production center for meteorological support.

a. Reach Back METOC support. METOC personnel within the

Naval Special Warfare Mission Support Center (MSC) in San Diego,

CA provide resource protection for all forward deployed NSW

forces. They also serve as Request For Information (RFI) and

Request For Support (RFS) managers for forward deployed elements

requiring tailored products from NAVOCEANO or FLENUMMETOCCEN.

The MSC will provide METOC products to support NSW forces on

demand. Examples include reach back forecasts, climatology

support, solar and lunar effects data, tidal data, analyzed

charts and analyzed imagery. Personnel within ONI’s Kennedy

Irregular Warfare Center provide METOC and geospatial

intelligence support to all forward deployed Navy Expeditionary

Combat Command (NECC) riverine forces, and coordinate with

NAVOCEANO and other support entities to deliver products in

response to RFI’s and RFS’s in support of riverine missions.

b. Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center (NOSWC): NOSWC

ER/EM personnel are capable of conducting a wide variety of

METOC sensing and forecasting operations. ER/EM personnel

employ land based as well as special METOC sensors on board

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, and

small boats. ER/EM personnel additionally deploy wave buoys,

Field Riverine Analysis Kits (FRAK), water level monitors, and

clandestine weather observation sensors to conduct littoral

environmental characterization. The following describes the

various capabilities of NOSWC EM/ER personnel:

(1) Characterization of atmospheric, ocean and fresh

water features to include:

(a) Tides, currents, and wave spectra

(b) Sea temperature, salinity, and bioluminescence

(c) Diver visibility and detection

(d) Bathymetry – littoral and riverine

(e) Beach gradient and composition

(f) Surf forecasting

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(g) Sea vegetation and biofouling (e.g. kelp and

fishing nets)

(h) Riverine hydrography, imagery, current

speed/direction, water levels, and river

conditions (stage, obstructions, and landing

sites)

(i) Atmospheric air temperature, pressure, aviation

weather parameters, solar and lunar illumination,

visibility, cloud cover, ceiling height, icing,

precipitation and snow depth.

(2) Characterization of significant land features to

include: vegetation, concealment and cover, obstacles, avenues

of insertion/extraction, topography.

(3) Conduct sensor emplacement and operate remote water

sensors and sensor networks in a semi-permissive environment.

(4) Conduct aviation forecasts supporting UAV and

special operations aviation platform operations.

(5) Collect upper-atmosphere soundings. As required and

at fixed base locations, EMs are capable of collecting vertical

atmospheric profiles using electronic equipment.

c. Mission Impact Forecast. Forecasts of environmental

parameters that will impact personnel, platforms, weapon, and

sensor systems for a given mission. The mission impact forecast

is always accompanied by recommendations for optimum route, gear,

weapon, sensor, and platform selection.

d. NOWCASTING. A NOWCAST is an operationally focused

forecast made in the field, often at the microscale, utilizing

the current mission forecast, observed environmental trends, and

in-situ sensed environmental data for the supported mission. The

EM applies local terrain conditions, moisture sources, and local

effects to more accurately describe the state of the environment

for a period of at least 12 hours. The NOWCAST is usually an on-

scene adjustment to mission forecast timing or conditions.

e. NAVOCEANO. NAVOCEANO provides ocean prediction,

oceanographic, hydrographic, bathymetric, and geophysical data

and derived products. A detailed product catalog, including

product descriptions, is located on the NEP-Oc.

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f. FLENUMMETOCCEN. FLENUMMETOCCEN provides atmospheric

models (global, regional, and mesoscale), satellite imagery,

wave models, sea surface temperature, search and rescue and

climatology data. Detailed product information is available on

the NEP-Oc.

a. NSW forces desiring METOC support should submit an RFI

through the MSC, via the NSW tactical portal:

https://portal.msc.navsoc.socom.smil.mil

b. NSW units requesting direct EM/ER support should contact

the Executive Officer or Operations Officer of the NOSWC.

c. Riverine forces desiring METOC support should submit an

RFI or RFS to the Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center, via the

following SIPR address:

http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Kennedy_Irregular_Warfare_Center

d. NAVOCEANO requests for support are submitted to the

Customer Service branch via message, E-mail, phone call, chat,

or Community On-Line Intelligence System for End Users and

Managers (COLISEUM). Products are disseminated via the NEP-Oc,

E-mail, FEDEX, registered mail, ftp, or hand carried.

e. FLENUMMETOCCEN requests for support are submitted to the

Command Duty Officer via E-mail, phone call, or chat. Products

are disseminated via the NEP-Oc, e-mail, FEDEX, or registered

a. Mission Support Center, Coronado, CA

(1) E-mail

NIPR: MSC_METOC@Navsoc.Socom.mil

SIPR: MSC_METOC@Navsoc.Socom.smil.mil

(2) Phone

COM: (619) 437-5016

DSN: (312) 577-5016

b. Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center, Coronado, CA

(1) Commanding Officer: COM (619) 437-5196

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(2) Executive Officer: COM (619) 437-2103

(3) Operations Officer: COM (619) 437-5788

c. Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center, Suitland, MD

(1) Phone: DSN (312) 659-2890

(2) SIPRNet:

http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Kennedy_Irregular_Warfare_Center

d. COMNECC Staff METOC Officer

(1) Phone: DSN (312) 253-4316 x 195

e. NAVOCEANO Customer Service Branch, Stennis Space Center

(1) E-mail

NIPR: cso.navo.fct@navy.mil

SIPR: cso@navo.navy.smil.mil

(2) Phone

COM: (228) 688-5176

DSN: (312) 828-5176

f. FLENUMMETOCCEN Command Duty Officer, Monterey, CA

(1) E-mail

(2) Phone: COM (831) 656-4325

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CHAPTER 14

ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE SUPPORT

1. General. Support for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) is

comprised of three components: ASW Reachback Cell (RBC), Naval

Oceanography ASW Teams (NOATS), and Naval Oceanography ASW

Detachments (NOADS). These components are organized under two

Echelon V commands: Naval Oceanography ASW Center (NOAC),

Stennis Space Center (SSC), and Naval Oceanography ASW Center,

Yokosuka, Japan.

a. The ASW RBC is a centralized, 24x7, support cell

operated by NOAC SSC that provides detailed environmental

analysis and modeling for ASW Forces. The ASW RBC, collocated

with NAVOCEANO, is comprised of Military Oceanographers and

Aerographer’s Mates, Sonar Technicians, Naval Aircrewmen, and

civilian scientific experts. The ASW RBC also leverages

expertise from Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography

Center in Monterey, CA and Naval Ice Center Suitland, MD as

required.

b. NOATs are experts in ASW-related environmental analysis,

forecasting, and planning. They complement the skills of other

experts such as ACINT specialists, sonar system operators, and

IMAT MTT TDA trainers. They deploy to provide direct support to

ASW Commanders and staffs at the theater, strike group, DESRON,

and MOCC levels. A team is typically composed of 2 to 3

personnel to provide on-scene planning and analysis support to

ASW operations and to act as a forward liaison element to the

ASW Reachback Cell. NOAC Stennis teams support all CONUS-based

carrier strike group staffs through workups and deployments as

well as fly-away teams for ASW operations and major exercises in

the Second, Third, Fifth, and Sixth Fleets. NOAC Yokosuka

deploys NOATS in support of forward deployed naval forces, and

supports CTF-74, CTF-72, CTF-57, CTF-54, and CDS-15 planning.

Most NOATs are continuously supporting multiple units and may

provide support remotely via E-mail, chat, etc.

c. The NOADs are primarily collocated with Maritime Patrol

and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) activities and provide

support directly to those squadrons. NOADs are located in

Jacksonville, FL; Kaneohe Bay, HI; Whidbey Island, WA; Misawa,

Japan; and Kadena, Japan. NOAD Norfolk and NOAD San Diego are

co-located with Naval Mine and Anti-submarine Warfare Command

(NMAWC) and provide support to NMAWC as a part of NMAWC’s

mentoring and assessment function within the Fleet Readiness

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Training Plan (FRTP). NOAD Naples is co-located with CTF-69 and

supports ASW exercises and operations in Sixth Fleet.

d. Requests for tailored or specialized support are

prioritized as follows:

(1) Priority 1 – real-world ASW operations or planning

studies to support contingency plans or operations.

(2) Priority 2 – deployed, multi-unit or multi-national

major ASW exercises.

(3) Priority 3 – major ASW exercises in the FRTP for

deployment certification and equivalent training (e.g. COMPTUEX,

JTFEX, USWEX, FST-J, FST-F).

(4) Priority 4 – major experimental exercise series (e.g.

Valiant Shield, SEASWITTI).

(5) Priority 5 – other ASW exercises in Seventh, Fifth,

and Sixth Fleets designed for unit level proficiency or

engagement.

(6) Priority 6 – Second and Third Fleet unit or single

strike group level exercises early in the FRTP (e.g. FST-WC,

FST-GC).

e. Requests for NOAT augmentation are prioritized as

follows:

(1) Priority 1 – real world ASW operations in any fleet.

(2) Priority 2 – strike group deployments to Seventh

Fleet.

(3) Priority 3 - major ASW exercises in the FRTP for

deployment certification and equivalent training (e.g. COMPTUEX,

JTFEX, FST-J, USWEX, IAC-2).

(4) Priority 4 - other major afloat ASW exercises

(Valiant Shield, RIMPAC, SEASWITI).

(5) Priority 5 - shore based ASW exercises in the FRTP

(FST-GC, FST-WC, IAC-1/S) and deployments in fleets other than

Seventh Fleet.

(6) Priority 6 - unit level ASW exercises.

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a. The ASW Reachback Cell provides direct environmental

support to any unit engaged in ASW. The RBC complements

detailed unit-level ASW planning, but does not provide specific

sonar system lineup recommendations or detailed sonar search

plans. Types of support include:

(1) Tailored and regional ocean modeling to support ASW

planning and tactical decision aids, general assessments of

acoustic conditions, and more detailed analyses of acoustic

variability and overall probability of detection across multiple

sensors.

(2) Analysis of ocean dynamics in particular areas of

interest (e.g. tactical oceanographic feature assessments).

(3) Planning studies for theater and Strike Force/Group

ASW Operations.

(4) Water sampling guidance based on analysis of

oceanographic dynamics.

(5) Ocean feature (front and eddy) location reports and

Oceanographic Model Data via DMS Broadcast.

(6) Ocean Current and Drift Modeling.

(7) Critical factor charts in certain areas world-wide

for Theater ASW Commanders/SUBFOR.

b. In the event of a submarine rescue operation,

International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office

(ISMERLO) will contact ASW Reachback Cell with the last known

datum of the submarine, port of embarkation, and airport of

embarkation for rescue forces. The ASW Reachback Cell provides a

rapid assessment of the bathymetry, sediment composition, ocean

currents, ocean temperatures, and wave forecasts at the rescue

datum. The ASW Reachback Cell coordinates with the appropriate

Fleet Weather Center to provide an embarkation airport forecast.

The ASW Reachback Cell will also coordinate with FLENUMMETOCCEN

to provide a forecast at both the rescue datum and the port of

embarkation. All data will be compiled and posted on the

ISMERLO Unclassified Website for rescue planning until the

rescue operation is completed or secured.

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a. Requests for NOAT support. Requests for NOAT support

should be made to NOAC Stennis Space Center by record message

traffic. NOAC Yokosuka NOATs are permanently assigned to CTF-74

and CDS-15. The format for the request message is located on

the ―Global ASW Reference‖ section of the ASW Directorate

portion of the NEP-Oc. Further information can be provided by

the NOAC Stennis Space Center CDO (contact information in

paragraph 4 below).

b. Requests for RBC support. Requests for RBC support can

be made via telephone, email, chat, or message traffic. All

requests should include as much of the following information as

possible in order to ensure the most operationally relevant

support:

(1) Name of event to be supported

(2) Event start and end dates

(3) General description of event

(4) Location (latitude and longitude coordinates) for

region and operating areas

(5) Assets:

(a) platform

(b) sensor

(c) sensor mode

(d) frequency (active only)

(e) depth constraints (ft)

(6) Threats:

(a) nationality

(b) class

(c) hull number

(d) target strength

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(e) tonal frequency (Hz)

(f) tonal source level (db)

(g) minimum operating depth (ft)

(h) maximum operating depth (ft)

(7) Missions (all that apply):

(a) active tracking

(b) covert tracking

(c) active search

(d) passive search

(e) barrier search

(f) area pre-search

(g) high value unit opposed transit

(h) replenishment at sea

(i) threat avoidance

(j) deception

(k) station keeping

(8) Expected tactical application of analysis:

(a) course of action comparison

(b) determine search areas

(c) sensor placement

- sonobuoy placement

- force positioning

- XBT placement

(9) General questions to be answered by analysis

c. Products can be disseminated via email, posted on the

NEP-Oc, or directly briefed by the embarked NOAT.

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4. Points of contact

a. ASW Reachback Cell

(1) PLA: NAVOCEANASWCEN STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS

(a) E-mail

SIPR: asw-rbc@ocean.navo.navy.smil.mil

(b) Chat

asw_rbc_cdo

asw_rbc_fdo

(c) Phone

COM: (228) 688-5583 (Secure Capable)

DSN: (312) 828-5583 (Secure Capable)

b. NAVOCEANASWCEN Yokosuka, Japan

(1) PLA: NAVOCEANASWCEN YOKOSUKA, JA

(2) Command Duty Officer/Forecast Duty Officer

(a) E-mail

SIPR: M-YO-NMOC-CDO@fe.navy.smil.mil

NIPR: M-YO-NMOC-CDO@fe.navy.mil

(b) Phone

COM: 011-81-46-816-5595

DSN: (315) 243-5595

c. NAVOCEANO Acoustics Department

(1) E-mail

SIPR: acoustic-sme@ocean.navo.navy.smil.mil

d. NAVOCEANO Ocean Prediction Department

(1) E-mail

SIPR: ocean_forecaster@ocean.navo.navy.smil.mil

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CHAPTER 15

MINE WARFARE SUPPORT

1. General

a. The Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center (NOMWC)

located at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, is the primary

organization that provides operational capabilities to Mine

Warfare (MIW) and Mine Countermeasures (MCM) forces worldwide.

NOMWC is comprised of four operational support elements:

(1) Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Platoon: responsible

for operational test and evaluation of new UUV technology for

both Surface Mine Countermeasures (SMCM) and Underwater Mine

Countermeasures (UMCM), providing MCM baseline and tactical

surveys for strategic and operational Intelligence Preparation

of the Operational Environment (IPOE), and mine hunting

capability to MCM commanders.

(2) MIW Reach Back Cell (MIW-RBC) is the primary

coordination node for the fleet MIW/MCM forces to request

operational support from NOMWC and support from NAVMETOCCOM

production centers. The MIW-RBC coordinates directly with

Deputy Commander, Naval Mine and Anti-submarine Warfare Command

and subordinate commands to provide all environmental data,

from strategic planning to tactical METOC assessments.

(3) MIW-RBC Surge Teams provide on-scene support to

MIW/MCM operating forces and deployed staffs. Surge teams

consist of NOMWC and NAVOCEANO personnel with expertise in

translating environmental knowledge into tactical advantage.

(4) NOMWC Embedded Components are collocated with MCM

forces in key forward and CONUS locations. They provide

commanders and operational units with organic METOC expertise

and act as ―eyes-forward‖ to ensure optimized support from

NOMWC’s other support elements. Embedded components are located

in San Diego, CA; Norfolk, VA; Sasebo, Japan; and Bahrain.

b. NOMWC works in concert with NAVOCEANO to provide:

(1) MCM force-multiplication with UUV employment

(2) Environmental collection in confined operating areas

in critical Naval ports and harbors

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(3) IPOE in critical forward theaters

(4) Evaluation of new oceanographic technologies in high

priority theater engagements

a. UUV Platoon:

(1) Mine hunting and oceanographic surveys using UUVs in

shallow and restricted waters. UUVs are ideal for port

approaches, channels, harbors, sea walls and piers, oil

platforms, and other enclosed areas.

(2) Post-mission analysis (PMA) of the resultant sonar

imagery for initial tactical contact calls.

(3) Re-acquisition (RI) missions on high-confidence

contacts.

(4) Environmental analysis for doctrinal bottom type,

water temperature, salinity, underwater visibility, and

currents, all of which can be provided as tactical overlays for

battle space awareness and mission planning.

b. MIW-RBC:

(1) IPOE overlays and planning data in GIS and Mine

Warfare and Environmental Decision Aid Library (MEDAL) formats.

Available data includes: cloud ceilings, precipitation, winds,

visibility, daylight hours, air temperature, doctrinal bottom

type, burial, sediments, underwater visibility, sea temperature,

salinity, tides, sea state, currents, underwater hazards, and

bathymetry.

(2) Environmental Data Files tailored to mission

operating areas.

(3) Tailored Tactical and Operational Oceanographic

Assessments and METOC modeling support from NAVOCEANO and

FLENUMMETOCCEN (e.g., forecasted currents, dive windows and

drift models) that assist with mission planning.

(4) Coordinate NAVOCEANO support for measuring critical

MCM oceanographic parameters worldwide. Assets for conducting

these measurements include:

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(a) Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP).

Provide current measurements throughout the water column at a

single point.

(b) Ocean Gliders. Collect data throughout the

water column. They record salinity, temperature, optical data

and current measurements.

(5) Though not normally manned 24X7, the MIW-RBC will

surge operating hours as necessary to support MIW operations.

c. Surge team support includes, but is not limited to,

analysis of side scan sonar imagery (doctrinal bottom type

determination), battle space profiler (BSP) analysis, weather

forecasting, and model analysis.

a. Specific support request from the Fleet should be made

to the MIW-RBC by telephone, E-mail, or the NEP-Oc. Product

support requests should include as much of the following

information as possible:

(1) Name of event to be supported

(2) Unit to be supported (provide POC)

(3) General description of event

(4) Event start and end dates

(5) Product due date

(6) Location (latitude and longitude coordinates) for

region and operating areas

(7) Product format (data files, .jpg, .ppt, etc.)

(8) Release information (foreign disclosure)

b. Generally, products produced from existing databases can

be made available within hours. Products requiring additional

processing or analysis may take longer—depending on where they

are being collected from and state of delivery or processing.

Lead time is always paramount, so earliest possible notification

is advised.

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c. Products will be delivered via mail, email, NEP-Oc, or

may be hand-carried if UUV or Surge Teams will be supporting the

operation.

a. MIW-RBC

(1) PLA: NAVOCEANMIWCEN STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS

(2) E-mail

NIPR: miwrbc@navy.mil

SIPR: miwrbc@navy.smil.mil

(3) Phone

COM: (228) 688-4862

DSN: (312) 828-4862

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CHAPTER 16

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SUPPORT

1. General

a. The mission of Marine Corps METOC is to provide

meteorological, oceanographic, and space environmental

information, products, and services required to Marine Corps and

other military operations. The Marine Corps’ METOC support

infrastructure is designed to readily deploy and operate in

austere expeditionary environments and support ground, aviation,

and expeditionary maneuver warfare operational requirements.

a. The highest level of METOC support capability to Marine

Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) and Aviation Combat Element (ACE)

specific operations is the deployment of the Meteorological

Mobile Facility - Replacement (MetMF-R). The MetMF-R provides

the following capabilities:

(1) Doppler Radar

(2) Organic METOC Satellite Reception

(3) Lightning Detection

(4) Local Sensors

(5) Remote Sensors

(6) Upper Air Sensing Capability

(7) Robust Communication Capability

(8) Characterization of atmospheric, ocean and fresh

water features to include:

(a) Tides and currents

(b) Beach gradient and composition

(c) Air temperature, atmospheric pressure, aviation

weather parameters, illumination, visibility, cloud cover,

ceiling height, icing, precipitation and snow depth

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(9) Conduct sensor emplacement and operate remote water

sensors and sensor networks in a semi-permissive environment

(10) Conduct aviation forecasts supporting UAV and

standard aviation platform operations

b. METOC Support Teams (MST) are task organized and

equipped to provide a limited level of METOC support. They are

capable of rapidly deploying as a stand-alone asset in response

to a crisis or as a first-in METOC capability to establish METOC

support in anticipation of follow-on forces. The MST deploys

with man-portable, ruggedized environmental collection and data

processing equipment.

c. Marine Corps War Fighting Publication 3-35.7, MAGTF

Meteorological and Oceanographic Support, provides more detailed

information about the Marine Corps METOC Service. An electronic

copy is available for viewing and downloading from the Marine

Corps Combat Development Command, Doctrine Division Web site at

https://www.doctrine.quantico.usmc.mil/.

d. The Marine Corps operates two Marine Corps Installation

(MCI) Regional METOC Centers (RMC) for CONUS Marine Corps Air

Station (MCAS) support. MCI-East RMC supports the east coast of

the United States. MCI-West RMC supports the west coast of the

United States.

3. Product Requests/Dissemination. Request for Marine Corps

METOC support is via the MEF METOC Officers. Marine Corps METOC

utilizes the same overall METOC dissemination architecture as

Naval METOC.

a. Headquarters, USMC APX-32

Phone: DSN (312) 223-9787

b. I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)

Phone: DSN (312) 340-1206

c. II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)

Phone: DSN (312) 751-0751

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d. III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)

Phone: DSN (315) 622-9566

e. USMC MCI-East RMC

(1) Phone: COM 866-925-2523

f. USMC MCI-West RMC

(1) Phone: COM 800-470-6020

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CHAPTER 17

TRAINING AND READINESS

1. General

a. Total Force Readiness, Training & Education is the

responsibility of COMNAVMETOCCOM who continually adjusts

training requirements to correspond with new operational

realities. NAVMETOCCOMINST 1500.2(series) outlines all policy,

procedures, and responsibilities for the training, professional

development, and certification of military METOC personnel and

NAVMETOCCOMINST 12410.5(series) for civilian personnel.

b. The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional

Development Center (NMOPDC) is responsible for the execution and

delivery of the NAVMETOCCOM strategy and policy for training,

education, and professional development. NMOPDC develops,

maintains, and implements long-range training plans aligned with

NAVMETOCCOM objectives. All publications and related technical

documents supporting NAVMETOCCOM training programs/pipelines for

the various warfare areas are maintained by NMOPDC.

c. Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit

(CNATTU) Keesler develops skilled professionals through

accredited technical training and personal growth in support of

fleet readiness. Their training includes the electronic

calibration of afloat and aviation equipment, physical

dimensions, meteorological and oceanographic observing and

forecasting, maintenance and repair of meteorological equipment,

operation and repair of critical communications equipment,

management and control of the radio frequency spectrum and air

space management and control. CNATTU Keesler conducts the

enlisted AG-A1 and AG-C1 Schools.

d. USMC Liaison. The Marine Corps entity within NMOPDC

maintains liaison with intra/inter-service METOC organizations

as it pertains to training and education of: METOC hardware

systems, software applications, METOC Tactics, Techniques, and

Procedures (TTPs), environmental impacts to the Marine Air

Ground Task Force (MAGTF), advanced environmental sciences,

emerging sensing techniques, and METOC integration into the

geospatial realm. Marine Corps personnel also develop and

instruct advanced follow-on and sustainment training and

education, both formal and informal, required for Marine Corps

METOC personnel.

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e. NAVMETOCCOM participates in the Cooperative Program for

Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET®), a

cooperative program designed to promote a better understanding

of mesoscale meteorology and to maximize the benefits of new

weather technologies. The COMET mission is to support, enhance,

and stimulate the communication and application of scientific

knowledge of the atmospheric and related sciences for the

operational and educational communities.

a. Training. Total Force pipelines are developed with each

Director of Oceanography Operations to establish training tracks

for both enlisted and officer. Civilian training pipelines are

also created for leadership/managerial succession programs as

well as for mandatory training to maintain professional

standards and qualifications. This includes DoD Information

Assurance Awareness and Personally Identifiable Information

(PII) training.

b. Training Management. Organizational Training Pipelines

represent plans for the effective use of METOC training

opportunities aligned to job positions and the organizational

mission. Training Pipelines are reviewed each year per

NAVMETOCCOMINST 1500.2 (series). Pipelines are approved by the

Echelon IV Commanding Officer or the DOO for each directorate.

Pipelines serve as the baseline for Individualized Development

Plans (IDP).

c. Training Opportunities. NMOPDC provides Navy METOC

numbered and Navy course identification number (CIN) numbered

courses, Marine Corps course identification numbers (CID),

informal seminar training, COMET modules and MENTOR services.

CIN/CID numbered courses are formal instructor-led courses.

NMOPDC offers several of these courses. Appendix B is the list

of METOC numbered courses and distance learning (DL) courses

without Navy CIN numbers. Informal training options, such as

seminars and workshops, are designed to address emergent

customer requirements.

(1) NAVMETOCPRODEVCEN Formal Courses (Appendix B).

(2) Joint Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) Officer

Course. Joint METOC Officers (JMO) course is designed to

educate and train officers and senior enlisted METOC personnel

to coordinate METOC capabilities supporting the Joint Task Force

Commander. The course instructs METOC personnel in the

fundamentals of Joint METOC support to Unified or Coalition

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Commands, or Combined Commands and Units. The course format

will be group-paced lessons with demonstration of understanding

through practical exercises.

(3) Fleet Synthetic Training (FST) is a CNO initiative

to provide training to the Fleet (IAW the Fleet Response

Training Plan), and to provide certification of warfighting

competencies, all without having to operate at sea. FST

provides testing of the Navy’s critical warfare skills in a

virtual synthetic training environment. METOC support is based

on an archive of synthetic historical ocean and atmospheric

fields to allow training scenarios to be built for the future.

(4) International Hydrographic Management and

Engineering Program (IHMEP) is geared towards international and

U.S. junior officers and provides practical, professional

training in hydrographic survey management and engineering. The

course provides students with a working knowledge of hydrography

through a six-month course covering mathematics, computer

science, the physical sciences, geodesy, the Global Positioning

System, hydrographic data collection and processing,

oceanography, meteorology, nautical cartography, photogrammetry,

remote sensing, resource management and Law of the Sea. This

course culminates in a two-week field project that allows

students to plan and conduct a survey, process the data, and

develop a navigation-quality field chart. This course is

certified by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

to meet IHO Category B hydrographic training standards.

(5) International Hydrographic Science Application

Program (IHSAP) is geared towards international and U.S. mid-

grade officers and provides professional graduate education in

hydrographic survey management and engineering. The course

provides students with 36 semester hours of graduate education

in hydrography through a one-year course covering mathematics,

computer science, physics, geodesy, hydrographic data collection

and processing, oceanography, meteorology, nautical cartography,

remote sensing, resource management and Law of the Sea. This

course culminates in a one-month field project that allows

students to plan and conduct a survey, process the data, and

develop a navigation-quality field chart. This course is

certified by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

to meet IHO Category A hydrographic training standards.

(6) Fleet Survey Team Subject Matter Expert Exchange

(SMEE)/Mobile Training Team (MTT) provides tailored and formal

on-the-job training to partner nations while simultaneously

collecting maritime geospatial and environment information to

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describe the coastal and littoral environment. Information from

these surveys is used to generate interoperable products for

rapid, safe maneuverability of commercial and military vessels

during port and harbor egress and ingress.

(7) Enlisted Marine Science Education Program (EMSEP) is

part of the STA-21 program leading to a direct commission in the

180X community. This two-year science and math intensive

program leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Science

from University of Southern Mississippi.

(8) USMC Courses

(a) Applied Environmental Sciences (AES) Course

consists of the following units: environmental geology, physical

geography, hydrology, oceanography, advanced meteorology,

numerical weather prediction and space environment. This course

expounds upon fundamental knowledge and skills gained at the

initial accession level, providing an introduction to the

geosciences critical to integrating METOC into the Intelligence

Preparation for the Battlefield. AES is a prerequisite course

for obtaining NMOS 6852 (METOC Impacts Analyst).

(b) METOC Impact Analyst Course (MIAC) is a

requirement for obtaining the 6852 MOS and will refresh and/or

introduce the student to the Marine Corps organizational

structure and functions within, introduce Intelligence

Preparation for the Battlefield, define METOC (environmental)

impacts, and introduce the how and why environmental conditions

impact capabilities and operations of each element within the

MAGTF.

3. Quota/Product Requests

a. NMOPDC formal course quotas can be requested via the POC

(paragraph 4) for the desired location.

b. Online Weather and Online Oceanography quota’s can be

requested via NKO,

https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil/portal/navaloceanographyprogram/home/n

avaloceanographyprogram.

c. Training Requirement Requests (TRR) are used to ensure a

standardized process to request formal training development in

support of validated fleet requirements. Refer to

NAVMETOCCOMINST 1500.2 (series) for submission.

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d. CNATTU Keesler AG C-SCHOOL SEATS. Candidate’s Leading

Chief Petty Officer should reserve a seat nine months from their

PRD. This can be done by submitting a 1306/7 requesting a seat,

Perform to Serve (PTS) Zone A/B approval, OBLISERVE intention

(42 months from class start date) to execute orders and pre-

requisite completion to the AG rating detailer (PERS-404).

a. Naval METOC Professional Development Center

Phone: COM (228) 871-2916

DSN (312) 868-2916

b. USMC Liaison to NMOPDC

Phone: COM (228) 871-3386

DSN (312) 868-3690

c. NMOPD Detachment Atlantic, Norfolk, VA

Phone: COM (757) 444-0129

DSN (312) 564-0129

d. NMOPD Detachment Pacific, San Diego, CA

Phone: COM (619) 767-7301

DSN (312) 577-7301

e. NMOPDD Pacific Component, Yokosuka, Japan

Phone: INTL 011-81-46-816-5595

DSN (315) 243-5393

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APPENDIX A

ACRONYM LIST

AC Active Component

ACE Aviation Combat Element

ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

ADO Aviation Duty Officer

AES Applied Environmental Sciences

AFRICOM United States African Command

AG Aerographer’s Mate

AOR Area of Responsibility

AREPS Advanced Refractive Prediction System

ARG Amphibious Readiness Group

ASOS Automated Surface Observing System

ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare

AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

AVN Aviation Weather Operations

AVWEAX Aviation Enroute Weather Forecast

BonD Battlespace on Demand

BSP Battle Space Profiler

CAAW CNTRA Aviation Weather Warning

CASREP Casualty Report

CHARTS Compact Hydrographic Airborne Rapid Total Survey

CCDR Combatant Commander

CDO Command Duty Officer

CJCSI Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction

CID Course Identification Number

CIN Course Identification Number

CM Conditional Means

CNATTU Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit

CNIC Commander, Naval Installations Command

CNRMA Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic

CNRMW Commander, Navy Region Midwest

CNRNW Commander, Navy Region Northwest

CNRSE Commander, Navy Region Southeast

CNRSW Commander, Navy Region Southwest

COCOM Combatant Command

COMET Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology,

Education and Training

COMNAVMETOCCOM Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography

Command

COMSC Commander Military Sealift Command

COMUSFLTFORCOM U.S. Fleet Forces Command

CONOPS Concept of Operations

CONUS Continental United States

CPHC Central Pacific Hurricane Center

CRF Celestial Reference Frame

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CSG Carrier Strike Group

CSO Customer Service Office

CWO COMNAVMETOCCOM Watch Officer

DIA Defense Intelligence Agency

DL Distance Learning

DMS Defense Message System

DoD Department of Defense

DoN Department of the Navy

DOO Director of Oceanography Operations

DSN Defense Switched Network

EM Embedded METOC personnel

EMSEP Enlisted Marine Science Education Program

EOP Earth Orientation Parameters

ER Environmental Reconnaissance

ESG Expeditionary Strike Group

ESV Expeditionary Survey Vehicles

EUCOM United States European Command

EXW Expeditionary Warfare

FCA Fleet Concentration Area

FLENUMMETOCCEN Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography

Center

FltOps Fleet Operations

FRAK Field Riverine Analysis Kit

FWB Flight Weather Briefer

FWC Fleet Weather Center

FWC AVN Det Fleet Weather Center Aviation Detachment

FST Fleet Survey Team

FTP File Transfer Protocol

GCCS Global Command and Control System

GGTO GPS and Galileo Timing Offset

GI&S Geospatial Information and Services

GOMEX Gulf of Mexico

GPS Global Positioning System

GTS Global Telecommunication System

GUI Graphical User Interface

GWEAX Graphical Enroute Weather Forecast

HA/DR Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief

HUREVAC Aircraft Hurricane Evacuation

IERS International Earth Rotation and Reference

Systems Service

IC Intelligence Community

ICRF International Celestial Reference Frame

IHMEP International Hydrographic Management and

Engineering Program

IHO International Hydrographic Organization

IHSAP International Hydrographic Science Application

Program

IIP International Ice Patrol

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IMETOC Integrated METOC Support Concept

IPOE Intelligence Preparation of the Operational

Environment

ISR Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

JDEIS Joint Doctrine, Education, & Training Electronic

Information System

JFC Joint Force Commander

JMO Joint METOC Officer

JMV Joint METOC Viewer

JP Joint Publication

JMCC Joint METOC coordination cell

JMCO Joint METOC coordination organization

JOAF Joint operations area forecast

JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center

JWICS Joint World-wide Intelligence Communications

Systems

LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging

LTM Long Term Means

MAGTAF Marine Air-Ground Task Force

MAR Maritime Weather Operations

MCM Mine Countermeasures

MEDAL Mine Warfare and Environmental Decision Aids

Library

MEF Marine Expeditionary Force

MET Mobile Environmental Team

METAR Meteorological Aviation Report

MetMF-R Meteorological Mobile Facility - Replacement

METOC Meteorology and Oceanography

MIAC METOC Impact Analysis Course

MICA Multi-year Interactive Computer Almanac

MIW Mine Warfare

MIW-RBC Mine Warfare METOC Reachback Cell

MIZ Marginal Ice Zone

MOSC METOC operations support community

MPRA Marine Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft

MSC Mission Support Center

MST METOC Support Teams

MTT Mobile Training Team

NAFC Naval Aviation Forecast Center

NAFD Naval Aviation Forecast Detachment

NAS Naval Air Station

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATOPS Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures

Standardization

NAV Navigation

NAVICECEN Naval Ice Center

NAVOCEANO Naval Oceanographic Office

NAVOCEANOPSCOM Naval Oceanography Operations Command

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NCC Naval Component Commander

NCEP National Center for Environnemental Prediction

NDW Commander, Navy District Washington

NECC Naval Expeditionary Combat Command

NEP-Oc Navy Enterprise Portal - Oceanography

NGA National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

NHC National Hurricane Center

NIC Naval Ice Center

NMFC Naval Maritime Forecast Center

NMOPDC Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional

Development Center

NMORA Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Reserve

Activity

NMWAC Naval Mine and Anti-submarine Warfare Command

NOAA National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration

NOAC Naval Oceanography ASW Center

NOAD Naval Oceanography ASW Detachment

NOAT Naval Oceanography ASW Team

NOMAD Naval Observatory Merged Astrometric Database

NOMWC Naval Oceanographic Mine Warfare Center

NOOC Naval Oceanography Operations Command

NOSWC Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center

NOVAS Naval Observatory Vector Astronomy Software

NSA National Security Agency

NSAWC Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center

NSW Naval Special Warfare

NTP Network Time Protocol

NWS National Weather Service

OCONUS Outside Continental United States

OHB Oceanographic, Hydrographic, and Bathymetric

OHBRMS OHB Requirements Management System

ONI Office of Naval Intelligence

OPAREA Operating Area

OTSR Optimum Track Ship Routing

OPTEMPO Operational Tempo

OWS Operational Weather Squadron

PACFLT Pacific Fleet

PACOM United States Pacific Command

PDC Professional Development Center

PII Personally Identifiable Information

PIM Points of Intended Movement

PIREP Pilot Weather Report

PLA Plain Language Address

PMA Post Mission Analysis

PNT Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

POC Point of Contact

PPS Precise Positioning Service

PTA Precise Time and Astrometry

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PTS Perform To Serve

PTTI Precise Time and Time Interval

R&D Research and Development

RBC Reach Back Cell

RC Reserve Component

RDDOO Reserve Deputy Director of Oceanographic

Operations

RFI Request for Information

RFP Request for Product

RFS Request for Service

RHIB Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat

RI Reacquisition Mission

ROC Regional Operations Center

RP Resource Protection

RPDO Resource Protection Duty Officer

RRFID Radio Reference Frame Image Database

SATOPS Satellite Operations

SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SFARP Strike Fighter Advanced Readiness Program

SGOT Strike Group Oceanography Team

SLAC Solar-Lunar Almanac Core

SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes

SMCM Surface Mine Countermeasures

SMEE Subject Matter Expert Exchange

SMO Senior METOC Officer

SPAROS Special Arctic Oceanographic Synopsis

SPECI Special Report

SPS Standard Positioning Service

SSC Stennis Space Center

STE Secure Terminal Equipment

STELLA System to Estimate Latitude and Longitude

Astronomically

SUBFOR Submarine Forces

SUBOPAUTH Submarine Operational Authority

SUBWEAX Submarine Enroute Weather Forecast

T1 Thunderstorm Condition 1

T2 Thunderstorm Condition 2

TAF Terminal Aerodrome Forecast

TAWS Target Acquisition Weapons Software

T-AGS Military Sealift Command-Auxiliary General Survey

TC Tropical Cyclone

TCCOR Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness

TCFA Tropical cyclone Formation Alert

TDO Typhoon Duty Officer

TELCON Telephone Conference Call

TRF Terrestrial Reference Frame

TRR Training Requirement Request

TTP Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

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TWSTT Two-Way Satellite Time Transfer

UCAC USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog

UMCM Underwater Mine countermeasures

URL Uniform Resource Locator

USFF United States Fleet Forces

USJFCOM U.S. Joint Forces Command

USNAVOBSY U.S. Naval Observatory

USNO U.S. Naval Observatory

UT1 Universal Time 1

UTC Coordinated Universal Time

UUV Unmanned Undersea Vehicle

VLBI Very Long Baseline Interferometry

VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol

VTC Video Teleconference

WEAX Enroute Weather Forecast

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APPENDIX B

LIST OF EFFECTIVE NAVMETOCCOM INSTRUCTOR-LED AND CORRESPONDENCE

COURSES

COMET modules available on the MetEd Website

(http://www.meted.ucar.edu/resource_modlist.php)

COURSE NO. TITLE

METOC 50-1T-0301 Basic Surface Chart Analysis

METOC 50-1T-0304 Tropical Synoptic Models

METOC 50-1T-0302 Encoding, Decoding and Plotting the

Synoptic Report

METOC 50-1T-9607 Tropical Streamline Analysis

METOC 50-1T-9610 A Workbook on Tropical Clouds and Cloud

Systems Observed in Satellite Imagery,

Volume I

METOC 50-1T-9611 A Workbook on Tropical Clouds and Cloud

Systems Observed in Satellite Imagery,

Volume II

METOC 60-1T-0203 Evaluating and Encoding

Bathythermograph (BT) Data

METOC-045-792-106-001 Wave Lifecycle II: Propagation &

Dispersion

METOC-045-792-106-002 Shallow-Water Waves

METOC-045-816-106-003 Forecasting Aviation Icing: Icing Type

and Severity

METOC-045-800-106-004 Remote Sensing of Ocean Wind Speed and

Direction: An Introduction to

Scatterometry

METOC-045-838-106-005 Webcast: Introduction to Ensembles

METOC-045-809-106-006 Introduction to Ocean Tides

METOC-045-838-106-007 Jet Stream Circulations

METOC-045-792-106-008 Rip Currents: Forecasting

METOC-045-833-106-009 Skew-T Mastery

METOC-045-838-106-011 Landfalling Fronts and Cyclones

METOC-045-803-106-012 Dust Enhancement Techniques Using MODIS

and SeaWiFS

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METOC-045-809-106-015 Unit Hydrograph Theory

METOC-045-841-106-015 Low-Level Coastal Jets

METOC-045-792-106-016 Ten Common NWP Misconceptions

METOC-045-809-106-016 Understanding the Hydrologic Cycle

METOC-045-841-106-018 Streamflow Routing

METOC-045-838-106-036 How Models Produce Precipitation and

Clouds

METOC-045-833-106-042 Intelligent Use of Model-Derived

Products

METOC-045-838-106-076 Runoff Processes

METOC-045-871-107-078 Introduction to Ocean Models

METOC-51T-0602 Polar Satellite Products for the

Operational Forecaster: Microwave

Analysis of Tropical Cyclones

METOC-51T-0603 Mesoscale Convective Systems

METOC-61T-0601 Wave Lifecycle I: Generation

METOC-62T-0603 Antisubmarine Warfare Sensors and

Platforms

METOC-SMRDHR-1 Supporting Military Emergency Response

during Hazardous Releases

NMOPDC-BAC-1.0 Buoyancy and CAPE

NMOPDC-DFF-1 Dynamically Forced Fog

NMOPDC-FDS-1.0 Forecasting Dust Storms

NMOPDC-FIWT-2.0 Flow Interaction with Topography

NMOPDC-FRF-2.0 Forecasting Radiation Fog

NMOPDC-MBP-1.0 Mesoscale Banded Precipitation

NMOPDC-MWADW-1.0 Mountain Waves and Downslope Winds

NMOPDC-NSF-1.0 Nearshore Fundamentals

NMOPDC-SACS-1.0 Shear and Convective Storms

NMOPDC-UH-1.0 Using Hodographs

NMOPDC-WTC-1.0 Wave Types and Characteristics

CNET12007 Sea Breezes

CNET12010 Mountain Valley Winds

CNET12013 Cold Air Damming

CNET12016 Coastally Trapped Wind Reversals

CNET12022 Gap Winds

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CNET12025 Definition of the Mesoscale

CNET12031 How Mesoscale Models Work

METOC-045-792-106-001 Wave Life Cycle II: Propagation and

Dispersion

METOC-045-838-106-005 Webcast: Introduction to Ensembles

METOC-045-833-106-009 Skew-T Mastery

METOC-045-833-106-010 Using the WRF Mesoscale Model

METOC-045-843-106-013 Supporting Military Emergency Response

during Hazardous Releases

METOC-045-792-106-014 Wind in the Marine Boundary Layer

METOC-045-809-106-015 Unit Hydrograph Theory

METOC-045-840-106-016 Understanding the Hydrologic Cycle

METOC-045-841-106-018 Streamflow Routing

METOC-045-838-106-019 A Convective Storm Matrix

Buoyancy/Shear Dependencies

METOC-045-833-106-020 An Introduction to POES Data and

Products

METOC-045-841-106-021 Applying Diagnostic and Forecast Tools:

Forecasting Fog and Low Status

METOC-045-841-106-022 Assessing Climatology in Fog/Stratus

Forecasting

METOC-045-841-106-023 Basic Terminal Forecast Strategies

METOC-045-841-106-025 Case Study: A New England Fog Event

METOC-045-841-106-026 Case Study: A Northern Plains Cold-Air

Outbreak Event

METOC-045-841-106-027 Challenges of Forecasting the West

METOC-045-841-106-028 Customer Impact: Forecasting Fog and

Low Stratus

METOC-045-838-106-029 Dynamics & Microphysics of Cool-Season

Orographic Storms

METOC-045-841-106-030 Ensemble Forecasting Explained

METOC-045-833-106-031 Feature Identification Exercises:

Clouds, Snow, and Ice using MODIS

METOC-045-833-106-032 Feature Identification from

Environmental Satellites

METOC-045-841-106-033 Fog and Stratus Forecast Approaches

METOC-045-833-106-034 Freezing and Melting, Precipitation

Type, and Numerical Weather Prediction

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METOC-045-841-106-035 Heavy Banded Snow

METOC-045-813-106-037 Icing Assessment Using Observations and

Pilot Reports

METOC-045-813-106-038 Icing Assessment Using Soundings and

Wind Profiles

METOC-045-833-106-039 Imaging with NPOESS VIIRS: A

Convergence of Technologies and

Experience

METOC-045-833-106-040 Impact of Model Structure & Dynamics

METOC-045-833-106-041 Influence of Model Physics on NWP

Forecasts

METOC-045-045-106-043 Inverted Troughs and Their Associated

Precipitation Regimes

METOC-045-813-106-044 Inverted Troughs Case Exercise

METOC-045-813-106-045 Isentropic Analysis

METOC-045-833-106-046 Local Influences on Fog and Low Stratus

METOC-045-833-106-047 Mesoscale Convective Systems Squall

Lines and Bow Echoes

METOC-045-833-106-048 Model Fundamentals

METOC-045-833-106-052 Polar Satellite Products for the

Operational Forecaster, Module 3: Case

Studies

METOC-045-833-106-053 Polar Satellite Products for the

Operational Forecaster, Module 4:

Soundings

METOC-045-838-106-054 Predicting Supercell Motion Using

Hodograph Techniques

METOC-045-813-106-055 Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting

Overview

METOC-045-838-106-056 Radiation Fog

METOC-045-814-106-057 Remote Sensing of Land, Oceans, and

Atmosphere with MODIS

METOC-045-814-106-058 Remote Sensing Using Satellites

METOC-045-833-106-059 Review of GOES IR Imagery Including

Winter and Icing Applications

METOC-045-833-106-060 Satellite Meteorology: GOES Channel

Selection

METOC-045-838-106-061 Synoptic Weather Considerations:

Forecasting and Fog and Low Stratus

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METOC-045-838-106-062 The Balancing Act of Geostrophic

Adjustment

METOC-045-841-106-063 Topics in Lake Effect Snow Forecasting

METOC-045-841-106-064 Topics in Polar Low Forecasting

METOC-045-813-106-065 Understanding Data Assimilation: How

Models Create Their Initial Conditions

METOC-045-838-106-066 Visible and Infrared Dust Detection

Techniques

METOC-045-838-106-067 West Coast Fog

METOC-045-838-106-068 Writing Effective TAFs

METOC-045-814-106-069 Advances in Microwave Remote Sensing:

Ocean, Wind Speed and Direction

METOC-045-807-106-070 Anticipating Hazardous Weather and

Community Risk

METOC-045-842-106-071 Hurricane Strike!

METOC-045-880-106-072 Space Weather Basics

METOC-045-880-106-073 Space Weather: Welcome, SEC

METOC-045-813-106-074 Topics in Precipitation Type Forecasting

METOC-045-841-106-075 Mesoscale Aspects of Winter Weather

Forecasting Topics

METOC-045-871-107-077 Flash Flood Process

METOC-045-871-107-078 Introduction to Ocean Models

METOC-045-871-107-079 River Forecasting Case Study

METOC-045-804-107-080 Introduction to Ocean Currents

METOC-045-813-107-081 Operation Models Matrix: Characteristics

of Operational MWP Models

METOC-045-833-107-082 Forecast Process

METOC-045-879-107-083 Operational Satellite Derived Tropical

Rainfall Potential (TraP)

METOC-045-879-107-084 Satellite Meteorology - Case Studies

Using GOES Imager Data

METOC-045-880-107-085 Satellite Meteorology - Remote Sensing

Using the New GOES Imager

METOC-045-880-107-086 Satellite Meteorology - Using the GOES

Sounder

METOC-045-792-108-090 Wave Ensembles in the Marine Forecast

Process

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METOC-045-841-108-091 North Wall Effects on Winds and Waves

METOC-045-841-108-092 The Impact of Weather on Air Traffic

Management

METOC-045-811-108-093 Operational Use of the Wavewatch III

METOC-045-792-106-094 Analyzing Ocean Swells

METOC-045-819-508-001 ATC Tower Visibility Observations

METOC-045-805-307-001 Atmospheric Effects on EO Propagation

METOC-045-818-308-002 Meteorological Refresher for Instrument

Ground School

METOC-045-827-206-002 NITES IV

TAUGHT BY NAVMETOCPRODEVCEN GULFPORT

S-5A-0011 Basic Oceanography Accession Training

(BOAT)

METOC-045-809-407-001 Survey Watchstander - Training Workbook

METOC-045-809-407-002 Military Hydrography Level II (MH-2)

METOC-045-809-407-003 Introduction to Fledermaus for

Hydrographic Surveyors

METOC-045-809-407-004 Introduction to Unix-Linux for

METOC-045-809-407-005 Linux System Administration for

METOC-045-809-407-006 Introduction to Oracle SQL for

METOC-045-809-407-007 Introduction to Unix-Linux Shell

Scripting for Hydrographic Surveyors

METOC-045-809-407-008 International Hydrographic Management

and Engineering Program (IHMEP)

TAUGHT BY NAVMETOCPRODEV DET LANT, PAC AND SOUTH

C-5B-0011 Senior METOC Officer Afloat (SMOA)

C-5B-0012 Antisubmarine Warfare Primer

C-5B-0013 METOC Support for Air Defense/Surface

Warfare and Information Warfare

C-5B-0014 METOC Support for Strike Warfare

C-5B-0015 METOC Support for Search and Rescue

C-5B-0016 NITES Basic User

C-5B-0017 METOC Support for Amphibious Warfare

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C-5B-0018 AN/SMQ-11 Basic User

C-5B-0019 Basic OA Division Tactical Team Trainer

C-5B-0020 METOC Support for Chemical, Biological,

Radiological, Nuclear and High

Explosive Effects (CBRNE)

C-5B-0021 METOC Support for Special Warfare

C-5B-0022 METOC Support for Mine Warfare

C-5B-0023 Intermediate OA Division Tactical Team

Trainer

C-5B-0024 Basic Remote Sensing

C-5B-0025 Advance OA Division Tactical Team

Trainer

S-5B-0001 Target Acquisition Weapons Software

Primer

S-5B-0002 METOC Support for Non-Acoustic

Antisubmarine Warfare

S-5B-0003 METOC Support for Mediterranean Weather

S-5B-0004 Joint METOC Forecast Unit

S-5B-0005 Central Command Area of Responsibility

Forecasting

S-5B-0006 Imagery Science in Meteorology and

Oceanographic Analysis (ISMOA)

S-5B-0011 Antisubmarine Warfare Oceanography

Tactical Team Trainer

S-5B-0012 Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction

System (AREPS) Primer

S-420-0001 Southeast Region Area of Responsibility

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Appendix C

ENTERPRISE IT SERVICES

1. General

a. Enterprise Information Technology (IT) Services are

provided by the Enterprise Engineering Department (EED). The

EED is the project management and execution agent of

COMNAVMETOCCOM N6, Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) for

Information Architecture. The EED is a virtual organization

supported by varying levels of effort from personnel throughout

the enterprise. EED core functions are primarily staffed by

NAVOCEANO N6 personnel, with support from other NAVMETOCCOM

activities, SPAWAR Systems Centers, contractors, and other

sources.

b. The EED roles and responsibilities are governed by

COMNAVMETOCCOM instructions 5230.4, 5232.2, 5233.1, and 5234.1.

a. The EED provides services to the METOC community on two

levels. One level is in direct support with products and

services in response to user IT needs which is described below

by activity. The other is indirect support in maintaining the

compliance and viability of our IT assets in response to

frequent DoD IT directives and instructions.

b. The EED Customer Interface Managers (CIM) are

responsible for the business analysis and management of METOC

Information System (METOCSYS) customer IT requirements. This

includes requirements submission assistance, assessment,

elicitation, refinement, validation and implementation. The

EED-CIM will also conduct application portfolio management for

METOCSYS customer application requirements to ensure Functional

Area Manager (FAM) endorsement.

c. The EED Engineering Support Group (ESG) is responsible

for the formulation and implementation of IT solutions based on

the validated requirements. The CIM and ESG work together to

address customer’s IT needs by balancing those needs against

funding, information assurance and IT constraints.

d. The EED Configuration Management (CM) is responsible for

the global configuration management of all METOCSYS IT hardware

and software. This includes the establishment of the

configuration identification information baselines in the

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Enterprise Architecture Framework (EAF). This service is

provided for the centers, detachments, and components within the

EED area of responsibility; which currently include

approximately 91 sites.

e. Life Cycle Support (LCS) coordinates delivery

of material, technical, and tailored support to METOC activities

worldwide through the Enterprise Casualty Process. LCS efforts

are focused on the sustainment of existing systems and processes,

and restoration of those systems and processes after a

casualty. Support methods include traditional DD Form 1348

requisitioning in support of Program of Record Systems,

commercial procurement, contracting of materials and services,

coordination of distance support with SPAWAR and NAVOCEANO

engineering agents and other external agencies, on-site tech

assists, and centralized Casualty Reporting (CASREP) support.

3. Product Request/Procedures

a. Submit an Enterprise Change Request (ECR) (i.e. an IT

requirement) – login to the EAF at https://itas.navo.navy.mil

/EA/login/index.html and go to ECR Tracking and select to add a

new ECR. For ECR submission help or to check on the status of a

submitted ECR contact one of the EED Customer Interface Managers.

The EED-CIM team can be reached at EED-CIM@navy.mil.

CIM Lead – CONUS / OCONUS METOCSYS, NMCI and ONE-Net IT

Requirements:

Gregory Noll, COM (228) 688-4054 / DSN 828-4054,

gregory.noll@navy.mil

CIM – On-Site Stennis Commands & local area Training

Commands METOCSYS and NMCI IT Requirements:

Ms. Kim Maddox, COM (228) 688-4082 / DSN 828-4082,

kim.maddox@navy.mil

CIM – Enterprise Services NMCI Assistant Contract Technical

Representative (ACTR) & Move, Add, Change (MAC) initiator

for METOCSYS Component and Detachment Commands:

Ms. Kelley Lee, COM (228) 688-5162 / DSN 828-5162,

kelley.lee.ctr@navy.mil

CIM - Application Portfolio Management of METOCSYS

application requirements: Ms. Carole Fowler, COM (228) 688-

5310 / DSN 828-5310 carole.fowler.ctr@navy.mil

b. Submit a Customer Service Request (CSR) for life cycle

support by going to the METOC Systems Knowledge Center

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(MSKC). Call the MSKC at DSN 524-3888 or Commercial (619) 524-

3888 to get started, or visit the MSKC online at

https://mskc.spawar.navy.mil. The MSKC is your 24/7 access to

the Enterprise resources you need. MSKC analysts will work with

you to document, track, and resolve your issue. The MSKC will

also capture enterprise-wide metrics on METOC Systems

performance and cost.

c. More information on the EED, processes and status of

projects and products can be found through Navy Knowledge Online

at https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil/portal/enterpriseengineering/

home/eedenterpriseengineering.

4. Point of Contact. Tash Solangi, Enterprise Services Branch

Head, (228) 688-5084 (DSN 828), E-mail: tashfeen.solangi@navy.

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